Virulence of clinical and environmental isolates of Burkholderia oklahomensis and Burkholderia thailandensis in hamsters and mice

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-69

  DeShazer, David ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkholderia oklahomensis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Burkholderia thailandensis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA OKLAHOMENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CRICETINAE; MUS;

EID: 35748973529     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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