Melioidosis and Aboriginal seasons in northern Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Cheng, Allen C ^a,b   Jacups, Susan P ^b   Ward, Linda ^b,c   Currie, Bart J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigine; Australia; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Seasonal variation; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELIOIDOSIS; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPSIS; WEATHER;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 58149131579     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(08)70008-7     Document Type: Article

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