title: Melioidosis outbreak after typhoon, southern Taiwan.
abstract: From July through September 2005, shortly after a typhoon, 40 cases of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection (melioidosis) were identified in southern Taiwan. Two genotypes that had been present in 2000 were identified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Such a case cluster confirms that melioidosis is endemic to Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wen-Chien
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Bruno Man-Hon
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Hung-Jen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Hsin-I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Yeu-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Li-Rong
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yin-Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chuang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004190:Disasters; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology