The changing Brucella ecology: Novel reservoirs, new threats

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Pappas, Georgios ^a  

^a Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Emerging infectious disease; Epidemiology; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CETI; BRUCELLA INOPINATA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MICROTI; BRUCELLA PINNIPEDIALIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; FRESHWATER FISH; GENOTYPE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77957930900     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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