The absence of zoonotic agents in invasive bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) in Belgium and the Netherlands

EcoHealth

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 344-347

  Martel, An ^a   Adriaensen, Connie ^a   Sharifian Fard, Mojdeh ^a   Van Der Sluijs, Annemarieke Spitzen ^b   Louette, Gerald ^c   Baert, Kristof ^c   Crombaghs, Ben ^d   Dewulf, Jeroen ^a   Pasmans, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RAVON   (Netherlands)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d Bureau Natuurbalans Limes Divergens   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Lithobates catesbeianus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER SP.; COXIELLA BURNETII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRIDOVIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA SP.; LITHOBATES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA SP.; NEOSPORA CANINUM; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL; BELGIUM; BULLFROG; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; NEOSPORA; NETHERLANDS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXOPLASMA; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEPTOSPIRA; MYCOPLASMA; NEOSPORA; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANA CATESBEIANA; SALMONELLA; TOXOPLASMA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84900460954     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0864-0     Document Type: Article

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