Endemic melioidosis in residents of desert region after atypically intense rainfall in central Australia, 2011

T W Yip; S Hewagama; M Mayo; Erin P Price; Derek S Sarovich; I Bastian; R W Baird; B G Spratt; B J Currie

doi:10.3201/eid2106.141908

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Endemic melioidosis in residents of desert region after atypically intense rainfall in central Australia, 2011

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Endemic melioidosis in residents of desert region after atypically intense rainfall in central Australia, 2011

T W Yip, S Hewagama, M Mayo, Erin P Price, Derek S Sarovich, I Bastian, R W Baird, B G Spratt and B J Currie

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol.21(6), pp.1038-1040

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2106.141908

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After heavy rains and flooding during early 2011 in the normally arid interior of Australia, melioidosis was diagnosed in 6 persons over a 4-month period. Although the precise global distribution of the causal bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei remains to be determined, this organism can clearly survive in harsh and even desert environments outside the wet tropics. © 2015 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.

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Title: Endemic melioidosis in residents of desert region after atypically intense rainfall in central Australia, 2011
Authors: T W Yip (Author) - Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control
S Hewagama (Author) - Alice Springs Hospital
M Mayo (Author) - Menzies School of Health Research
Erin P Price (Author) - Menzies School of Health Research
Derek S Sarovich (Author) - Menzies School of Health Research
I Bastian (Author) - Royal Adelaide Hospital
R W Baird (Author) - South Australian Pathology
B G Spratt (Author) - Imperial College, United Kingdom
B J Currie (Author) - Royal Darwin Hospital
Publication details: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol.21(6), pp.1038-1040
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.3201/eid2106.141908
ISSN: 1080-6040
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450522302621
Output Type: Journal article

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