Melioidosis outbreak after typhoon, southern Taiwan

Wen Chien Ko; Bruno Man Hon Cheung; Hung Jen Tang; Hsin I. Shih; Yeu Jun Lau; Li Rong Wang; Yin Ching Chuang

doi:10.3201/eid1306.060646

Melioidosis outbreak after typhoon, southern Taiwan

Wen Chien Ko, Bruno Man Hon Cheung, Hung Jen Tang, Hsin I. Shih, Yeu Jun Lau, Li Rong Wang, Yin Ching Chuang

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Abstract

From July through September 2005, shortly after a typhoon, 40 cases of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection (melioidosis) were identified in southern Taiwan. Two genotypes that had been present in 2000 were identified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Such a case cluster confirms that melioidosis is endemic to Taiwan.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	896-898
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	13
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.060646
Publication status	Published - 2007 Jun

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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