Carriage of intestinal spirochaetes by humans: Epidemiological data from Western Australia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 369-374

  Brooke, C J ^a   Clair, A N ^b   Mikosza, A S J ^a   Riley, T V ^b,c   Hampson, D J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Institute of Medical Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA AALBORGI; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RURAL AREA; SPIROCHETE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; SPIROCHAETA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034759817     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880100588X     Document Type: Article

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