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;25984-987

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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.