Correlation between buruli Ulcer and vector-borne notifiable diseases, Victoria, Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 614-615

  Johnson, Paul D R ^a   Lavender, Caroline J ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALPHA VIRUS; AUSTRALIA; BARMAH FOREST VIRUS; BURULI ULCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INSECT; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETTER; MOSQUITO; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SKIN DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BURULI ULCER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 65349165259     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1504.081162     Document Type: Letter

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