Bacterial Zoonoses Transmitted by Household Pets: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives for Targeted Research and Policy Actions

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2016, Pages S27-S40

  Damborg, P ^a   Broens, E M ^b   Chomel, B B ^c   Guenther, S ^d   Pasmans, F ^e   Wagenaar, J A ^b   Weese, J S ^f   Wieler, L H ^d   Windahl, U ^g   Vanrompay, D ^e   Guardabassi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^g NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

antimicrobial resistance; bacterial zoonoses; pet animal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL ZOONOSIS; BITE; BITE INFECTION; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EDUCATION; EXPOSURE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SALMONELLOSIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATS; DOGS; HUMANS; PETS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84928902831     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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