Melioidosis; the remarkable imitator: Recent perspectives

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 52, Issue MAY, 2004, Pages 417-420

  Loveleena, ^a   Chaudhry, Rama ^a   Dhawan, Benu ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MELIOIDOSIS; REVIEW;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; MELIOIDOSIS;

EID: 13944268343     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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