A spatial epidemiological analysis of nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in Queensland, Australia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chou, Michael P ^a   Clements, Archie C A ^a   Thomson, Rachel M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GREENSLOPES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHRISP TB Queensland Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium abscessus; Mycobacterium intracellulare; Mycobacterium kansasii; Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM); Spatial epidemiology

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SOIL;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BULK DENSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; NONHUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; SOIL;

BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; QUEENSLAND; SOIL;

EID: 84902119782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-279     Document Type: Article

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