Aboriginal and invasive rats of genus rattus as hosts of infectious agents

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-12

  Kosoy, Michael ^a   Khlyap, Lyudmila ^b   Cosson, Jean Francois ^c   Morand, Serge ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Ecology; Old World rats; Rat borne infections; Rattus; Taxonomic revisions

Indexed keywords

BARTONELLA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HANTAVIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT BITE FEVER; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RATTUS TANEZUMI; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SALMONELLA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

MURINAE; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RATTUS TANEZUMI;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84921994771     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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