Current Epidemiologic Trends of the Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)

Current environmental health reports

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 161-167

  Falkinham, Joseph O ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aerosol transmission; Drinking water; Ecology; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SEWAGE;

ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; SEWAGE;

DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84995373768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21965412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40572-016-0086-z     Document Type: Article

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