A cluster of melioidosis cases from an endemic region is clonal and is linked to the water supply using molecular typing of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 177-179

  Currie, B J ^a   Mayo, M ^a   Anstey, N M ^a   Donohoe, P ^a   Haase, A ^a   Kemp, D J ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPTICEMIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034843362     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.65.177     Document Type: Article

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