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- Title
Population-Based Estimate of Melioidosis, Kenya.
- Authors
Muthumbi, Esther M.; Gordon, Nicola C.; Mochamah, George; Nyongesa, Sammy; Odipo, Emily; Mwarumba, Salim; Mturi, Neema; Etyang, Anthony O.; Dance, David A. B.; G. Scott, J. Anthony; Morpeth, Susan C.; Scott, J Anthony G
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
KENYA; AFRICA; BURKHOLDERIA infections; MELIOIDOSIS; BURKHOLDERIA pseudomallei; BACTEREMIA; ESTIMATES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 5, p984
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2505.180545