Randomized soil survey of the distribution of burkholderia pseudomallei in rice fields in laos

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 532-536

  Rattanavong, Sayaphet ^a,b   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^c   Langla, Sayan ^c   Amornchai, Premjit ^c   Sirisouk, Joy ^b   Phetsouvanh, Rattanaphone ^b   Moore, Catrin E ^b,d   Peacock, Sharon J ^c,e   Buisson, Yves ^a   Newton, Paul N ^b,d  

^a Institut de la Francophonie pour la Medecine Tropicale   (Laos)

^b MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GEOMETRIC MEAN; ISOLATION FREQUENCIES; MEKONG RIVER; MELIOIDOSIS; RICE FIELDS; SAMPLING POINTS; SOIL SAMPLE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THREE AXES;

RIVERS; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; FIELD SURVEY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PADDY FIELD; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAOS; MICROBIOLOGY; RICE;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LAOS; ORYZA SATIVA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

LAOS; MEKONG RIVER; VIENTIANE;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 79551502109     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01822-10     Document Type: Article

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