Melioidosis, Northeastern Brazil

Melioidosis, Northeastern Brazil

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 speci...

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Main Authors: Dionne Bezerra Rolim, Dina Cortez Feitosa Lima Vilar, Anastacio Queiroz Sousa, Iracema Sampaio Miralles, Diana Carmen Almeida de Oliveira, Gerry Harnett, Lyn O'Reilly, Kay Howard, Ian Sampson, Timothy J.J. Inglis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Melioidosis
Brazil
Emerging infection
dispatch
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/05-0493_article

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