The role of wild rodents in spread and transmission of Coxiella burnetii needs further elucidation

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 617-625

  Meerburg, Bastiaan G ^a   Reusken, Chantal B E M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RESERVOIR; RODENT; WILD POPULATION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 82955194459     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10129     Document Type: Review

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