Clinical, Environmental, and Serologic Surveillance Studies of Melioidosis in Gabon, 2012–2013

Clinical, Environmental, and Serologic Surveillance Studies of Melioidosis in Gabon, 2012–2013

Burkholderia pseudomallei, an environmental gram-negative bacillus, is the causative agent of melioidosis and a bio-threat agent. Reports of B. pseudomallei isolation from soil and animals in East and West Africa suggest that melioidosis might be more widely distributed than previously thought. Beca...

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Main Authors: W. Joost Wiersinga, Emma Birnie, Tassili A.F. Weehuizen, Abraham S. Alabi, Michaëla A.M. Huson, Robert A. G. Huis in ’t Veld, Harry K. Mabala, Gregoire K. Adzoda, Yannick Raczynski-Henk, Meral Esen, Bertrand Lell, Peter G. Kremsner, Caroline E. Visser, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Sharon J. Peacock, Arie van der Ende, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Martin P. Grobusch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Burkholderia thailandensis
melioidosis
epidemiology
seroprevalance
Africa
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/1/14-0762_article

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