The impact of Fusarium Mycotoxins on human and animal host susceptibility to infectious diseases

Toxins

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 430-452

  Antonissen, Gunther ^a   Martel, An ^a   Pasmans, Frank ^a   Ducatelle, Richard ^a   Verbrugghe, Elin ^a   Vandenbroucke, Virginie ^b   Li, Shaoji ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a   Van Immerseel, Filip ^a   Croubels, Siska ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH CARE FLANDERS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deoxynivalenol; Fumonisin; Fusarium mycotoxins; Human; Infectious diseases; Mouse; Pig; Poultry; T 2 toxin; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; PARASITIC DISEASES;

EID: 84893558687     PISSN: 20726651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins6020430     Document Type: Review

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