Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012

Soil has been considered the natural reservoir for the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes melioidosis. We examined 550 melioidosis cases that occurred during a 10-year period in the highly urbanized city of Singapore, where soil exposure is rare, and found that rainfall and humidity l...

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Principais autores:	Xiang Liu, Long Pang, Siew Hoon Sim, Kee Tai Goh, Sharada Ravikumar, Mar Soe Win, Gladys Tan, Alex Richard Cook, Dale Fisher, Louis Yi Ann Chai
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-01-01
coleção:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Assuntos:	Burkholderia pseudomallei climate rainfall humidity temperature melioidosis
Acesso em linha:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/1/14-0042_article
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