Prevalence of melioidosis in the Er-Ren River Basin, Taiwan: Implications for transmission

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2599-2603

  Su, Hsun Pi ^a   Yang, Hsiao Wei ^b   Chen, Ya Lei ^c   Ferng, Tien Lin ^b   Chou, Yu Ling ^b   Chung, Tung Ching ^a   Chen, Chang Hsun ^b   Chiang, Chuen Sheue ^b   Kuan, Mei Mei ^b   Lin, Hsi Hsun ^d   Chen, Yao Shen ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RIVER BASIN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPING; SOIL; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TAIWAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 34548084033     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00228-07     Document Type: Article

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