Appendix A: Melioidosis and rainfall
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Size of red dots represent number of cases of melioidosis

Median monthly rainfall represented by blue (high rainfall) and red/orange (low rainfall)

References

bullet Shapefiles from Geoscience Australia (GIS Data and Imagery [online reference: http://www.ga.gov.au/download/] accessed 29/9/2002]
bullet Rainfall information from Bureau of Rural Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Mean rainfall for the period 1980-1999 (multiple pages) [online reference: http://adl.brs.gov.au/ADLsearch/index.cfm? fuseaction=doc_client_details&itemid=ANZCW1202000117&itemname=000117_011012_rain00-asc.zip - sourced via the Australian Spatial Data Directory: http://www.auslig.gov.au/servlet/asdd_basic  using keyword "rainfall" 2/9/2002)
bullet Location of cases from Gazetteer of Australia (Geoscience Australia: Place Names Search [online reference: http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/] accessed 10/10/2002)