Evolutionary history of rat-borne Bartonella: The importance of commensal rats in the dissemination of bacterial infections globally

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3195-3203

  Hayman, David T S ^a,b   McDonald, Katherine D ^a   Kosoy, Michael Y ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Emerging pathogens; Invasive species; Phylogeography; Rattus; Reservoir host

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887636563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.702     Document Type: Article

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