Melioidosis Outbreak after Typhoon, Southern Taiwan

Ko, Wen-Chien; Cheung, Bruno Man-Hon; Tang, Hung-Jen; Shih, Hsin-I; Lau, Yeu-Jun; Wang, Li-Rong; Chuang, Yin-Ching

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Melioidosis Outbreak after Typhoon, Southern Taiwan

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Jun 2007
By Ko, Wen-Chien ; Cheung, Bruno Man-Hon ; Tang, Hung-Jen ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Ko, Wen-Chien ; Cheung, Bruno Man-Hon ; Tang, Hung-Jen ; Shih, Hsin-I ; Lau, Yeu-Jun ; Wang, Li-Rong ; Chuang, Yin-Ching
Description:

From July through September 2005, shortly after a typhoon, 40 cases of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection (melioidosis) were identified in southern Taiwan. Two genotypes that had been present in 2000 were identified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Such a case cluster confirms that melioidosis is endemic to Taiwan.
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Disasters Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Endemic Diseases Female Humans Male Middle Aged Mortality
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Emerg Infect Dis. 13(6):896-898.
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Journal Article
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Taiwan
Location:

Asia
Volume:

13
Issue:

6
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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