Human melioidosis reported by ProMED

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages e103-e106

  Nasner Posso, Katherinn Melissa ^a   Cruz Calderón, Stefania ^a   Montúfar Andrade, Franco E ^b   Dance, David A B ^c,d   Rodriguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^b HOSPITAL PABLO TOBÓN URIBE   (Colombia)

^c MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Working Group on Zoonoses   (United Kingdom)

^f Scientific Committee on Zoonoses and Haemorrhagic Fevers   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Melioidosis; ProMED

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BANGLADESH; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISRAEL; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MAURITIUS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MELIOIDOSIS; MYANMAR; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEARCH ENGINE; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SPAIN; SRI LANKA; TAIWAN; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; EVALUATION STUDY; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE; THAILAND; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929624859     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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