Population-Based Estimate of Melioidosis, Kenya.
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Kenya
PCR
bacteria
incidence
melioidosis
misidentification
surveillance
Journal
Emerging infectious diseases
ISSN: 1080-6059
Titre abrégé: Emerg Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9508155
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2019
05 2019
Historique:
entrez:
20
4
2019
pubmed:
20
4
2019
medline:
13
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31002067
doi: 10.3201/eid2505.180545
pmc: PMC6478202
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
984-987Subventions
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : EPA
ID : EP-C-15-003
Pays : United States
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