Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection in the Singapore Armed Forces from 1987 to 1994 - An Epidemiological Review

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-17

  Lim, M K ^a,d   Tan, E H ^e   Soh, C S ^b   Chang, T L ^c  

^a Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Armed Forces   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^d Def Med Research Institute #20 04   (Singapore)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Basic Military Training (BMT); Indirect haemagglutination (IHA); Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030633218     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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