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Population-Based Estimate of Melioidosis, Kenya

Melioidosis is thought to be endemic, although underdiagnosed, in Africa. We identified 5 autochthonous cases of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in a case series in Kenya. Incidence of B. pseudomallei bacteremia in Kenya’s Kilifi County is low, at 1.5 cases per million person-years, but this res...

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Autores principales: Muthumbi, Esther M., Gordon, Nicola C., Mochamah, George, Nyongesa, Sammy, Odipo, Emily, Mwarumba, Salim, Mturi, Neema, Etyang, Anthony O., Dance, David A.B., Scott, J. Anthony G., Morpeth, Susan C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31002067
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.180545