Bartonellosis: One health perspectives for an emerging infectious disease

ILAR Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-58

  Breitschwerdt, Edward Bealmear ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Bacteria; Bartonella; Bartonellosis; Disease; One health; Reservoirs; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOGENICITY; RESEARCH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRENDS; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; RESEARCH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84902528784     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: 19306180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar/ilu015     Document Type: Article

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