Infection resistance and tolerance in Peromyscus spp., natural reservoirs of microbes that are virulent for humans

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 115-122

  Barbour, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Ecoimmunology; Ecological immunology; Spirochete; Vectorborne disease; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LABORATORY; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; REVIEW; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; PEROMYSCUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85002523142     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.07.002     Document Type: Review

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