Bacterial zoonoses of fishes: A review and appraisal of evidence for linkages between fish and human infections

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-35

  Gauthier, David T ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Epidemiology; Fish borne; Molecular biology; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; FISH; FRANCISELLA; HUMAN; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; LEPTOSPIRA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; YERSINIA RUCKERI; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FISH DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PISCES; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84921646978     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.10.028     Document Type: Review

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