Burkholderia pseudomallei traced to water treatment plant in Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-59

  Inglis, Timothy J J ^a,c   Garrow, Stuart C ^b   Henderson, Mandy ^a   Clair, Adele ^a   Sampson, Judy ^a   O'Reilly, Lyn ^a   Cameron, Bob ^b  

^a Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

^b Kimberly Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^c Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WATER TREATMENT;

AUSTRALIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034001838     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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