The epidemiology of melioidosis in Australia and Papua New Guinea

Acta Tropica

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 121-127

  Currie, Bart J ^a   Fisher, Dale A ^a   Howard, Diane M ^a   Burrow, James N C ^a   Selvanayagam, Sudarshan ^a   Snelling, Paul L ^a   Anstey, Nicholas M ^a   Mayo, Mark J ^a  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Molecular epidemiology; Papua New Guinea; Pneumonia; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CATTLE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP;

AUSTRALIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0033959750     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00060-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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