title: Melioidosis, northeastern Brazil.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital São Jose, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dionne Bezerra
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Rolim
authors.forename: Dina Cortez Feitosa Lima
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Vilar
authors.forename: Anastacio Queiroz
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Iracema Sampaio
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Miralles
authors.forename: Diana Carmen Almeida
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Gerry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Harnett
authors.forename: Lyn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sampson
authors.forename: Timothy J J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Inglis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002648:Child; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology