Short report: Melioidosis in Myanmar: forgotten but not gone?
A serologic survey of adults resident in Myanmar was conducted to define the presence of antibodies to Burkholderia pseudomallei, the cause of melioidosis. Antibodies were detectable by indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA) in 757 (78%) of 968 adults, of whom 69 (7%) had an IHA titer > or =1:160.
Wuthiekanun
Vanaporn
V
The Wellcome Trust-Mahidol University-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Program, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Langa
Sayan
S
Swaddiwudhipong
Witaya
W
Jedsadapanpong
Wilarat
W
Kaengnet
Yingyot
Y
Chierakul
Wirongrong
W
Day
Nicholas P
NP
Peacock
Sharon J
SJ
D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002052:Myanmar / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial