Rats as indicators of the presence and dispersal of pathogens in cyprus: Ectoparasites, parasitic helminths, enteric bacteria, and encephalomyocarditis virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 867-873

  Antoniou, Maria ^a   Psaroulaki, Anna ^a   Toumazos, Paul ^b   Mazeris, Apostolos ^b   Ioannou, Ioannis ^b   Papaprodromou, Michalis ^b   Georgiou, Kyriakos ^b   Hristofi, Nikolaos ^b   Patsias, Andreas ^c   Loucaides, Fedias ^b   Moschandreas, Joanna ^a   Tsatsaris, Andreas ^d   Tselentis, Yianis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Veterinary Services of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^c Department of Agriculture of Cyprus ^*  (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Fleas; Helminths; Pathogens; Rodents; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYPRUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECTOPARASITE; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FLEA; HELMINTH; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE; TRICHINELLA; ZOONOSIS;

ACARI; ANIMALS; CARDIOVIRUS INFECTIONS; CYPRUS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; MALE; MICE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SALMONELLA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TRICHINELLA; VERMES; XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS;

EID: 77957966805     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0123     Document Type: Article

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