Piscirickettsiosis and Piscirickettsia salmonis in fish: A review

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 163-188

  Rozas, M ^a,b   Enriquez R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Laboratory of Fish Pathology   (Chile)

Author keywords

Control; Epidemiology; Pathogenesis; Pathology; Piscirickettsia salmonis; Piscirickettsiosis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PISCIRICKETTSIA; PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS; PISCIRICKETTSIOSIS; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION; VIRULENCE;

CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS; PISCIRICKETTSIOSIS; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; PISCIRICKETTSIA; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84894279536     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12211     Document Type: Review

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