Melioidosis outbreak after typhoon, southern Taiwan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 896-898

  Ko, Wen Chien ^a,b   Cheung, Bruno Man Hon ^c   Tang, Hung Jen ^d   Shih, Hsin I ^b   Lau, Yeu Jun ^e   Wang, Li Rong ^b   Chuang, Yin Ching ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAINAN MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34250021269     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1306.060646     Document Type: Article

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