Epidemiology and Investigation of Melioidosis, Southern Arizona

Authors :: Eric Wangsness
Theresa L. Smith
Bart J. Currie
David M. Engelthaler
Talima Pearson
Tasha Stewart
Apichai Tuanyok
Rebecca Sunenshine
David D. Blaney
Craig Levy
Paul Keim
Kenneth Komatsu
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 7, Pp 1286-1288 (2011)
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2011.
Abstract: Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bacterium endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia, but it has not been found to occur endemically in the United States. We report an ostensibly autochthonous case of melioidosis in the United States. Despite an extensive investigation, the source of exposure was not identified.

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