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Human Melioidosis, Malawi, 2011

Authors :
Thembi Katangwe
Janet Purcell
Naor Bar-Zeev
Brigitte Denis
Jacqui Montgomery
Maaike Alaerts
Robert Simon Heyderman
David A.B. Dance
Neil Kennedy
Nicholas Feasey
Christopher Alan Moxon
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 6, Pp 981-984 (2013)
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.

Abstract

A case of human melioidosis caused by a novel sequence type of Burkholderia pseudomallei occurred in a child in Malawi, southern Africa. A literature review showed that human cases reported from the continent have been increasing.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
19
Issue :
6
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.75fe91c99344c30b3184bb91a1ce2c3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1906.120717