Intensity of exposure and incidence of melioidosis in Thai children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Cheng, Allen C ^a   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^b   Limmathurotsakul, Direk ^b   Chierakul, Wirongrong ^b   Peacock, Sharon J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia; Epidemiology; Mathematical; Melioidosis; modelling; Paediatric; pseudomallei; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; SURFACE WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELIOIDOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; THAILAND;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS;

EID: 58049135644     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(08)70010-5     Document Type: Article

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