Neurotropic threat characterization of burkholderia pseudomallei strains

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-63

  Morris, Jodie ^a   Fane, Anne ^a   Rush, Catherine ^a   Govan, Brenda ^a   Mayo, Mark ^b   Currie, Bart J ^b,c   Ketheesan, Natkunam ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MELIOIDOSIS; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC MELIOIDSIS; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRULENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDDLE AGED; VIRULENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919607840     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2101.131570     Document Type: Article

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