Mycobacterium microti Tuberculosis in Its Maintenance Host, the Field Vole (Microtus agrestis): Characterization of the Disease and Possible Routes of Transmission

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 903-914

  Kipar, A ^a,b,c   Burthe, S J ^d   Hetzel, U ^b   Abo Rokia, M ^a,c   Telfer, S ^e   Lambin, X ^e   Birtles, R J ^f   Begon, M ^a   Bennett, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Pathology Department Veterinary College University of Azzutona   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

field vole (Microtus agrestis); Mycobacterium microti; pathogenesis; transmission; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; CAT; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SPLEEN; SPUTUM; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CATS; ENVIRONMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SPLEEN; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84906348571     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985813513040     Document Type: Article

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