Retrospective and prospective perspectives on zoonotic brucellosis

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Moreno, Edgardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucella vaccines; Brucellosis; Domestication; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA VACCINE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ERADICATION; DOMESTICATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

EID: 84904623857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00213     Document Type: Review

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