Tularaemia: A challenging zoonosis

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 85-96

  Carvalho, C L ^a,b   Lopes de Carvalho, I ^c   Ze Ze L ^b   Nuncio M S ^b   Duarte, E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Category A biowarfare agents; Francisella tularensis; Tularaemia; Wild animals; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

TULAREMIA VACCINE;

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CARNIVORE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FISH; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; LAGOMORPH; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RODENT; TULAREMIA; WILD SPECIES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; LAGOMORPHA; RODENTIA;

CATEGORY A BIOWARFARE AGENTS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; TULARAEMIA; WILD ANIMALS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; BIOTERRORISM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EUROPE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84896718836     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2014.01.002     Document Type: Review

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