Multiple infections of rodents with zoonotic pathogens in Austria

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 467-475

  Schmidt, Sabrina ^a   Essbauer, Sandra S ^b   Mayer Scholl, Anne ^c   Poppert, Sven ^d   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^e,f   Klempa, Boris ^g,h   Henning, Klaus ^a   Schares, Gereon ^a   Groschup, Martin H ^a   Spitzenberger, Friederike ⁱ   Richter, Dania ^j   Heckel, Gerald ^k   Ulrich, Rainer G ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^f German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^h CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^k SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Austria; Multiple infections; Rodent borne pathogens; Rodents; Tick borne pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA AFZELII; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANTAVIRUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEPTOSPIRA; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MURINAE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; RODENT; RODENT DISEASES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARVICOLINAE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; MURINAE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; VIRUS DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84904305063     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1504     Document Type: Article

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