Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012

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 l...

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Autores principales: Liu, Xiang, Pang, Long, Sim, Siew Hoon, Goh, Kee Tai, Ravikumar, Sharada, Win, Mar Soe, Tan, Gladys, Cook, Alex Richard, Fisher, Dale, Chai, Louis Yi Ann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4285244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25531547
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2101.140042
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author Liu, Xiang
Pang, Long
Sim, Siew Hoon
Goh, Kee Tai
Ravikumar, Sharada
Win, Mar Soe
Tan, Gladys
Cook, Alex Richard
Fisher, Dale
Chai, Louis Yi Ann
author_facet Liu, Xiang
Pang, Long
Sim, Siew Hoon
Goh, Kee Tai
Ravikumar, Sharada
Win, Mar Soe
Tan, Gladys
Cook, Alex Richard
Fisher, Dale
Chai, Louis Yi Ann
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collection PubMed
description 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.
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spelling pubmed-42852442015-01-12 Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012 Liu, Xiang Pang, Long Sim, Siew Hoon Goh, Kee Tai Ravikumar, Sharada Win, Mar Soe Tan, Gladys Cook, Alex Richard Fisher, Dale Chai, Louis Yi Ann Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4285244/ /pubmed/25531547 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2101.140042 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Liu, Xiang
Pang, Long
Sim, Siew Hoon
Goh, Kee Tai
Ravikumar, Sharada
Win, Mar Soe
Tan, Gladys
Cook, Alex Richard
Fisher, Dale
Chai, Louis Yi Ann
Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012
title Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012
title_full Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012
title_fullStr Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012
title_full_unstemmed Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012
title_short Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012
title_sort association of melioidosis incidence with rainfall and humidity, singapore, 2003–2012
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4285244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25531547
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2101.140042
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