Zoonotic disease pathogens in fish used for pedicure

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1006-1008

  Verner Jeffreys, David W ^a   Baker Austin, Craig ^a   Pond, Michelle J ^a   Rimmer, Georgina S E ^a   Kerr, Rose ^a   Stone, David ^a   Griffin, Rachael ^a   White, Peter ^a   Stinton, Nicholas ^a   Denham, Kevin ^a   Leigh, James ^b   Jones, Nicola ^c   Longshaw, Matthew ^a   Feist, Stephen W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; EPIDEMIC; FISH; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PODIATRY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; CYPRINIDAE; FISH DISEASES; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84861214341     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1806.111782     Document Type: Letter

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