'Disperse abroad in the land': The role of wildlife in the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance

Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Arnold, Kathryn E ^a   Williams, Nicola J ^b   Bennett, Malcolm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal dispersal; Antibiotic resistance; Disease transmission; Migration; Resistome; Sewage treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISPERSAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; TRACKING; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANIMALIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK;

EID: 84983365327     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0137     Document Type: Review

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