Melioidosis in southern Vietnam: Clinical surveillance and environmental sampling

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1323-1326

  Parry, Christopher M ^a,b   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^c   Hoa, Nguyen Thi Tuyet ^a   Diep, To Song ^a   Thao, Le Thi Thu ^a   Van Loc, Pham ^a   Wills, Bridget A ^a,b   Wain, John ^a,b   Hien, Tran Tinh ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,b,c   Farrar, Jeremy J ^a,b  

^a Centre for Tropical Diseases Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIET NAM;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELIOIDOSIS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VIETNAM;

EID: 0033496663     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313479     Document Type: Article

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