Human infectious disease taxonomy

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A table listing 332 human infectious agents, their taxonomic grouping, and reservoir and vector hosts as determined by the Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network Database (GIDEON).

Data Location: Ecological Archives

Comments: Identifies 332 infectious agents, their taxonomic grouping, reservoir and vector hosts. Does not include GIDEON national presence/absence data.

Citation: Katherine F. Smith, Dov F. Sax, Steven D. Gaines, Vanina Guernier, and Jean-Francois Guegan. 2007. Globalization of human infectious disease. Ecology 88:1903-1910.

Last modified: 
2015
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