The public health implications of melioidosis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-66

  Inglis, Timothy J J ^a   Sousa, Anastácio Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Melioidosis; Public Health

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSAFETY; BIOSECURITY; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHLORINATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOVE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MELIOIDOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPTICEMIA; SOIL POLLUTION; TROPICAL MEDICINE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIOTERRORISM; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MELIOIDOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 69249211304     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702009000100013     Document Type: Article

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