title: Association of melioidosis incidence with rainfall and humidity, Singapore, 2003-2012.
abstract: Soil has been considered the natural reservoir for the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes melioidosis. We examined 550 melioidosis cases that occurred during a 10-year period in the highly urbanized city of Singapore, where soil exposure is rare, and found that rainfall and humidity levels were associated with disease incidence.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Siew Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Sim
authors.forename: Kee Tai
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: Sharada
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ravikumar
authors.forename: Mar Soe
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Win
authors.forename: Gladys
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Alex Richard
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Dale
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Louis Yi Ann
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011891:Rain; D012621:Seasons; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population