Zoonotic infections among employees from Great Smoky Mountains and Rocky Mountain National Parks, 2008-2009

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 922-931

  Adjemian, Jennifer ^a,b   Weber, Ingrid B ^a,c   McQuiston, Jennifer ^b   Griffith, Kevin S ^a   Mead, Paul S ^a   Nicholson, William ^b   Roche, Aubree ^b   Schriefer, Martin ^a   Fischer, Marc ^c   Kosoy, Olga ^c   Laven, Janeen J ^c   Stoddard, Robyn A ^c   Hoffmaster, Alex R ^c   Smith, Theresa ^c   Bui, Duy ^c   Wilkins, Patricia P ^a   Jones, Jeffery L ^a   Gupton, Paige N ^a   Quinn, Conrad P ^a   Messonnier, Nancy ^a   Higgins, Charles ^d   Wong, David ^d   more..

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence; National Park Service; Prevalence; Vector borne; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CALIFORNIA ENCEPHALITIS; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; INFECTION RISK; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL PARK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TENNESSEE; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BRUCELLA; CALIFORNIA ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LA CROSSE VIRUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; RICKETTSIACEAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84869040703     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0917     Document Type: Article

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