Fecal shedding of zoonotic food-borne pathogens by wild rodents in a major agricultural region of the Central California Coast

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6337-6344

  Kilonzo, Christopher ^a   Li, Xunde ^a   Vivas, Eduardo J ^a   Jay Russell, Michele T ^a   Fernandez, Kristine L ^a   Atwill, Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALS; PROTOZOA; SALMONELLA;

PATHOGENS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FARM; FECAL PELLET; FOOD SAFETY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; WILD POPULATION;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY COUNTY; SAN BENITO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FOOD POISONING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RODENT; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CALIFORNIA; FECES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; MICE; PARASITES; PREVALENCE; RODENTIA; SEASONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84885036464     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01503-13     Document Type: Article

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