Three New Cases of Melioidosis, Guadeloupe, French West Indies

Melioidosis has been detected in the Caribbean, and an increasing number of cases has been reported in the past few decades, but only 2 cases were reported in Guadeloupe during the past 20 years. We describe 3 more cases that occurred during 2016–2017 and examine arguments for increasing endemicity....

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Autores principales: Melot, Bénédicte, Bastian, Sylvaine, Dournon, Nathalie, Valade, Eric, Gorgé, Olivier, Le Fleche, Anne, Idier, Charlotte, Vernier, Mireille, Fernandes, Elisabeth, Hoen, Bruno, Breurec, Sébastien, Carles, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7045835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32091384
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2603.190718
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Sumario:Melioidosis has been detected in the Caribbean, and an increasing number of cases has been reported in the past few decades, but only 2 cases were reported in Guadeloupe during the past 20 years. We describe 3 more cases that occurred during 2016–2017 and examine arguments for increasing endemicity.

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