Survival percentages of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) by district in areas with high (> = 5,000 persons/km²) and low (< 5,000 persons/km²) population densities of Kaohsiung City, 2011–2013.

<p>Survival percentages of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) by district in areas with high (> = 5,000 persons/km²) and low (< 5,000 persons/km²) population densities of Kaohsiung City, 2011–2013.</p

Interpolation of the interval from the call to hospital admission by using the Kriging method.

<p>Areas marked with red indicate a prolonged interval of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) case from the call to hospital admission, while areas marked with green show a short interval (<30 min). Uncolored areas are locations without sufficient interpolation information (sparse OHCA event points).</p

Flow chart of the study design.

<p>Abbreviations: CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; AED: automated external defibrillator; LMA: laryngeal mask airway.</p

Ambient <i>B. pseudomallei</i> and environmental characteristics during typhoon-affecting-period in 2012 in Taiwan.

a<p><b>N.D. means not detected.</b></p

Descriptive statistics for ambient <i>B. pseudomallei</i> and environmental factors during the typhoon season (June to September) and the reference season (October to December) near Lotus Pond in South Taiwan.

a<p><b>N.D. means not detected;</b></p>b<p><b>1 unit equals 25 mW/m²;</b></p><p><b>*significant at </b><b><i>p</i></b><b>-value<0.05.</b></p

(a) Teflon and PC filters comparison over 24 hours and 48 hours sampling after spiking the same quantity of <i>B. pseudomallei</i> (b) transport temperature comparison of 4°C and 25°C over 24 hours and 48 hours after spiking the same quantity of <i>B. pseudomallei</i> on Teflon filters.

<p>(a) Teflon and PC filters comparison over 24 hours and 48 hours sampling after spiking the same quantity of <i>B. pseudomallei</i> (b) transport temperature comparison of 4°C and 25°C over 24 hours and 48 hours after spiking the same quantity of <i>B. pseudomallei</i> on Teflon filters.</p

The path of (a) Talim, (b) Doksuri, (c) Saola, (d) Haikui, (e) Kai-Tak, (f) Tembin and (g) Jelawat Typhoon from Taiwan Central Weather Bureau.

<p>The path of (a) Talim, (b) Doksuri, (c) Saola, (d) Haikui, (e) Kai-Tak, (f) Tembin and (g) Jelawat Typhoon from Taiwan Central Weather Bureau.</p

Descriptive statistics for ambient <i>B. pseudomallei</i> and environmental factors in June, July, August and September.

a<p><b>N.D. means not detected;</b></p>b<p><b>1 unit equals 25 mW/m².</b></p

The ambient <i>B. pseudomallei</i> concentration profile from June to September 2012.

<p>The ambient <i>B. pseudomallei</i> concentration profile from June to September 2012.</p

Standard curve of known DNA (1.0×10⁰ to 1.0×10⁷ copies/µl) and threshold cycle (C<i>t</i>) measured using a real-time qPCR for <i>B. pseudomallei</i> with R² of 0.998 and slope of −3.46.

<p>Standard curve of known DNA (1.0×10⁰ to 1.0×10⁷ copies/µl) and threshold cycle (C<i>t</i>) measured using a real-time qPCR for <i>B. pseudomallei</i> with R² of 0.998 and slope of −3.46.</p