Burkholderia pseudomallei in unchlorinated domestic bore water, tropical northern Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1283-1285

  Mayo, Mark ^a   Kaestli, Mirjam ^a   Harrington, Glenda ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^a   Ward, Linda ^a,b   Karp, Danuta ^c   Jolly, Peter ^c   Godoy, Daniel ^d   Spratt, Brian G ^d   Currie, Bart J ^a,b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources Environment and the Arts   (Australia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MELIOIDOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; SWINE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AUSTRALIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHLORINE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79959861251     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.100614     Document Type: Article

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