Streptococcus pyogenes Infection in a Free-Living European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

EcoHealth

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 689-692

  Franklinos, Lydia H V ^a   Efstratiou, Androulla ^b   Macgregor, Shaheed K ^c   John, Shinto K ^a   Hopkins, Timothy ^a   Cunningham, Andrew A ^a   Lawson, Becki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anthroponosis; anthroponotic; European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus); reverse zoonosis; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENGLAND; HEDGEHOG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSMISSION; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ENGLAND; HEDGEHOGS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84953260371     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-015-1051-2     Document Type: Article

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