Melioidosis outbreak after typhoon, southern Taiwan.
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.
Ko
Wen-Chien
WC
National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Cheung
Bruno Man-Hon
BM
Tang
Hung-Jen
HJ
Shih
Hsin-I
HI
Lau
Yeu-Jun
YJ
Wang
Li-Rong
LR
Chuang
Yin-Ching
YC
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