Prevalence of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Guangxi, China

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-39

  Ma, G ^a,b   Zheng, D ^a   Cai, Q ^a   Yuan, Z ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; China; Detection; Environment; Guangxi

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; WINTER; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHINA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 73349117809     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990264     Document Type: Article

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