Melioidosis, Northeastern Brazil
- 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
Publication date
September 2005
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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
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