Environmental Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in the Hawaiian Islands

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Honda, Jennifer R ^a,b,c   Hasan, Nabeeh A ^c   Davidson, Rebecca M ^c   Williams, Myra D ^d   Epperson, L Elaine ^c   Reynolds, Paul R ^c   Smith, Terry ^d   Iakhiaeva, Elena ^d   Bankowski, Matthew J ^e,f   Wallace, Richard J ^g   Chan, Edward D ^a,b,c   Falkinham, Joseph O ^d   Strong, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Diagnostic Laboratory Services Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERA; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HAWAII; HOUSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HAWAII; HOUSING; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84994219810     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005068     Document Type: Article

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