Pet reptiles as potential reservoir of Campylobacter species with zoonotic potential

Veterinary Record

Volumn 174, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 479-

  Giacomelli, M ^a   Piccirillo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; REPTILE; SHORT SURVEY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; ITALY; PETS; REPTILES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84900512096     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.102243     Document Type: Short Survey

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