Risk of Buruli ulcer and detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in mosquitoes in Southeastern Australia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Lavender, Caroline J ^a   Fyfe, Janet A M ^a   Azuolas, Joseph ^b   Brown, Karen ^b   Evans, Rachel N ^c   Ray, Lyndon R ^c   Johnson, Paul D R ^a,d  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Health Services Department   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CULICIDAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053456050     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001305     Document Type: Article

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