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.
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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
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author 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.
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Gordon, Nicola C.
Mochamah, George
Nyongesa, Sammy
Odipo, Emily
Mwarumba, Salim
Mturi, Neema
Etyang, Anthony O.
Dance, David A.B.
Scott, J. Anthony G.
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description 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 result might be an underestimate.
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spelling pubmed-64782022019-05-08 Population-Based Estimate of Melioidosis, Kenya 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. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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 result might be an underestimate. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6478202/ /pubmed/31002067 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.180545 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.
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Muthumbi, Esther M.
Gordon, Nicola C.
Mochamah, George
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Etyang, Anthony O.
Dance, David A.B.
Scott, J. Anthony G.
Morpeth, Susan C.
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