Diverse wild bird host range of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in eastern North America.

Emerging infectious diseases often result from pathogens jumping to novel hosts. Identifying possibilities and constraints on host transfer is therefore an important facet of research in disease ecology. Host transfers can be studied for the bacterium Mycoplasma gallisepticum, predominantly a pathog...

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Main Authors: André A Dhondt, Jonathan C DeCoste, David H Ley, Wesley M Hochachka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4111589?pdf=render