Marine mammal zoonoses: A review of disease manifestations

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 521-535

  Waltzek, T B ^a,b   Cortes Hinojosa G ^a,b   Wellehan, J F X ^b   Gray, Gregory C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine mammals; One health; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BISGAARDIA HUDSONENSIS; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYSIPELOID; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LOBOMYCOSIS; MARINE MAMMAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PINNIPEDII; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOZALOPHI; MYCOPLASMA PHOCIRHINIS; MYCOPLASMA ZALOPHI; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; SAN MIGUEL SEA LION VIRUS; SKIN INFECTION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MYCOSES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 84869165863     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01492.x     Document Type: Review

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