Transmission of brucellosis from elk to cattle and bison, Greater Yellowstone Area, USA, 2002-2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1992-1995

  Rhyan, Jack C ^a   Nol, Pauline ^a   Quance, Christine ^c   Gertonson, Arnold ^b   Belfrage, John ^b   Harris, Lauren ^a   Straka, Kelly ^a   Robbe Austerman, Suelee ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Natural Resources Research Center   (United States)

^c National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RED DEER; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA; BISON; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; ELK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREATER YELLOWSTONE AREA; IDAHO; LIVESTOCK; MONTANA; WILDLIFE; WYOMING; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; BISON; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84888083550     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1912.130167     Document Type: Article

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