Population-Based Estimate of Melioidosis, Kenya

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Muthumbi, Esther M. ; Gordon, Nicola C. ; Mochamah, George ; Nyongesa, Sammy ; Odipo, Emily ; Mwarumba, Salim ; Mturi, Neema ; Etyang, Anthony O. ; Dance, David A.B. ; Scott, J. Anthony G. ; Morpeth, Susan C.
• Description:
  Melioidosis is thought to be endemic, although underdiagnosed, in Africa. We identified 5 autochthonous cases of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in a case series in Kenya. Incidence of B. pseudomallei bacteremia in Kenya's Kilifi County is low, at 1.5 cases per million person-years, but this result might be an underestimate.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Aged Burkholderia Pseudomallei Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Incidence Infant, Newborn Male Melioidosis Middle Aged Retrospective Studies

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(5):984-987
• Pubmed ID:
  31002067
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6478202
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
• Place as Subject:
  Kenya
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bfacbd0f265509947be474e5fc9f685f99d3c6eab6459b54eb8abd761e822afb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79342/cdc_79342_DS1.pdf
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