Mycobacterium ulcerans in mosquitoes captured during outbreak of Buruli ulcer, southeastern Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1653-1660

  Johnson, Paul D R ^a,b,c,d   Azuolas, Joseph ^e   Lavender, Caroline J ^c   Wishart, Elwyn ^e   Stinear, Timothy P ^d   Hayman, John A ^c,d   Brown, Lynne ^f   Jenkin, Grant A ^d   Fyfe, Janet A M ^c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^f Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MOSQUITO; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 36249021612     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1311.061369     Document Type: Article

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