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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