Prevalence, risk factors and molecular epidemiology of Brachyspira pilosicoli in humans on the island of Bali, Indonesia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-332

  Margawani, K Rini ^a   Robertson, Ian D ^a   Brooke, C Josephine ^a   Hampson, David J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RNA 16S; TAP WATER; WELL WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CHILD; COLITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SERPULINA; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 1842557426     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05415-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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