Ecology of Burkholderia pseudomallei and the interactions between environmental Burkholderia spp. and human-animal hosts

Acta Tropica

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 159-168

  Dance, David A B ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Ecology; Human animal hosts

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MELIOIDOSIS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WEATHER; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0033955980     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00066-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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