Authors:

Thembi Katangwe, Janet Purcell, Naor Bar-Zeev, Brigitte Denis, Jacqui Montgomery, Maaike Alaerts, Robert Simon Heyderman, David A.B. Dance, Neil Kennedy, Nicholas Feasey, Christopher Alan Moxon

Abstract:

A case of human melioidosis caused by a novel sequence type of Burkholderia pseudomallei occurred in a child in Malawi, southern Africa. A literature review showed that human cases reported from the continent have been increasing.

Journal:

Emerg Infect Dis

Year:

2011

PMID:

23735189

PMCID:

PMC3713813

Hyperlink:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713813/