Environmental isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Ceará State, Northeastern Brazil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1215-1218

  Rolim, Dione B ^a   Rocha, Marcos F G ^a,b   Brilhante, Raimunda S N ^a   Cordeiro, Rossana A ^a   Leitão Jr , Natanael P ^a   Inglis, Timothy J J ^c   Sidrim, José J C ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; EMERGING DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; MELIOIDOSIS; NORTHEAST REGIONS; NORTHEASTERN BRAZILS; RAINY SEASONS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SEASONALITY;

BRAZIL; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS;

BRAZIL; CEARA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 59949090025     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01953-08     Document Type: Article

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