Biodiversity and leptospirosis risk: A case of pathogen regulation?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-344

  Derne, Bonnie T ^a   Fearnley, Emily J ^b   Lau, Colleen L ^a   Paynter, Stuart ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b South Australian Department of Health ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

CIGUATERA; HANTAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SPIROCHAETA;

EID: 80051818204     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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