Geographic Distribution and Incidence of Melioidosis, Panama

Melioidosis is an infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Most cases occur in Southeast Asia and northern Australia; <100 cases have been reported in the Americas. We conducted a retrospective study and identified 12 melioidosis cases in Panama during 2007–2017, suggesting possible endemic...

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Autores principales: Araúz, Ana B., Castillo, Katiana, Santiago, Erika, Quintero, Yarineth, Adames, Enrique, Castillo, Boris, Rodríguez-French, Amalia, Henostroza, German
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6924895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31855137
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.180870
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author Araúz, Ana B.
Castillo, Katiana
Santiago, Erika
Quintero, Yarineth
Adames, Enrique
Castillo, Boris
Rodríguez-French, Amalia
Henostroza, German
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Castillo, Katiana
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description Melioidosis is an infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Most cases occur in Southeast Asia and northern Australia; <100 cases have been reported in the Americas. We conducted a retrospective study and identified 12 melioidosis cases in Panama during 2007–2017, suggesting possible endemicity and increased need for surveillance.
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spelling pubmed-69248952020-01-01 Geographic Distribution and Incidence of Melioidosis, Panama Araúz, Ana B. Castillo, Katiana Santiago, Erika Quintero, Yarineth Adames, Enrique Castillo, Boris Rodríguez-French, Amalia Henostroza, German Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Melioidosis is an infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Most cases occur in Southeast Asia and northern Australia; <100 cases have been reported in the Americas. We conducted a retrospective study and identified 12 melioidosis cases in Panama during 2007–2017, suggesting possible endemicity and increased need for surveillance. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6924895/ /pubmed/31855137 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.180870 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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Geographic Distribution and Incidence of Melioidosis, Panama
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