Bats and Bacterial Pathogens: A Review

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-103

  Muhldorfer K ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Arthropod borne; Chiroptera; Enteric bacteria; Infectious agents; Leptospira; Pasteurella; Salmonella; Wildlife; Yersinia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; NEOMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM; BARTONELLA; BAT; BORRELIA; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; ESCHERICHIA; HABITAT; LEPTOSPIRA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ANATUM; SALMONELLA CARACAS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA MOLADE; SALMONELLA RUBISLAW; SALMONELLA SAINTPAUL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIBRIO; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BARTONELLA; CHIROPTERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BORRELIA; CHIROPTERA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; LEPTOSPIRA; PASTEURELLA; SALMONELLA; YERSINIA;

EID: 84872276206     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01536.x     Document Type: Article

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