Melioidosis, Northeastern Brazil

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Rolim, Dionne Bezerra ; Vilar, Dina Cortez Feitosa Lima ; Sousa, Anastacio Queiroz ; Miralles, Iracema Sampaio ; Almeida de Oliveira, Diana Carmen ; Harnett, Gerry ; O'Reilly, Lyn ; Howard, Kay ; Sampson, Ian ; Inglis, Timothy J.J.
• Description:
  Melioidosis was first recognized in northeastern Brazil in 2003. Confirmation of additional cases from the 2003 cluster in Ceará, more recent cases in other districts, environmental isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei, molecular confirmation and typing results, and positive serosurveillance specimens indicate that melioidosis is more widespread in northeastern Brazil than previously thought.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Burkholderia Pseudomallei Child Communicable Diseases, Emerging Disease Outbreaks Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Female Humans Male
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(9):1458-1460.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:09a868ab4375110484577b572aeb2650363126b3d16aff9a83c573b6c42fe5a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15915/cdc_15915_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 61.58 KB ]