Extreme weather events and environmental contamination are associated with case-clusters of melioidosis in the Northern Territory of Australia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-329

  Cheng, Allen C ^a,b   Jacups, Susan P ^a,b   Gal, Daniel ^a   Mayo, Mark ^a   Currie, Bart J ^a,b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Environmental microbiology; Melioidosis; Natural disasters; Outbreaks

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; WEATHER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; WEATHER;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; NATURAL DISASTERS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WEATHER; WIND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 33645826252     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi271     Document Type: Article

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