Abstract

Population-Based Estimate of Melioidosis, Kenya

Muthumbi EM, Gordon NC, Mochamah G, Nyongesa S, Odipo E, Mwarumba S, Mturi N, Etyang AO, Dance DAB, Scott JAG, Morpeth SC
Emerg Infect Dis. 2019;25

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https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.180545


Melioidosis is thought to be endemic, although underdiagnosed, in Africa. We identified 5 autochthonous cases of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in a case series in Kenya. Incidence of B. pseudomallei bacteremia in Kenya's Kilifi County is low, at 1.5 cases per million person-years, but this result might be an underestimate.

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Key Terms
Adolescent | Aged | Burkholderia pseudomallei/isolation & purification | Child | Child, Preschool | Female | Humans | Incidence | Infant, Newborn | Kenya/epidemiology (Source: Medline)
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Wellcome Trust [203077, 098532, 107769/Z/10/Z]; Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; Wellcome grant [106698/Z/14/Z]; DELTAS Africa Initiative [DEL-15-003]; New Partnership for Africa's Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency); government of the United Kingdom; African Academy of Sciences' (AAS) Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa
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