Melioidosis, northeastern Brazil.
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.
Rolim
Dionne Bezerra
DB
Hospital São Jose, Ceará, Brazil.
Vilar
Dina Cortez Feitosa Lima
DC
Sousa
Anastacio Queiroz
AQ
Miralles
Iracema Sampaio
IS
de Oliveira
Diana Carmen Almeida
DC
Harnett
Gerry
G
O'Reilly
Lyn
L
Howard
Kay
K
Sampson
Ian
I
Inglis
Timothy J J
TJ
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