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Serological evidence for increased human exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei following the tsunami in Southern Thailand

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2006-01-01

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00951137

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10.1128/JCM.44.1.239-240.2006

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2-s2.0-30744461863

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Mahidol University

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Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol.44, No.1 (2006), 239-240

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Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Wirongrong Chierakul, Jurairat Rattanalertnavee, Sayan Langa, Damrong Sirodom, Charnkij Wattanawaitunechai, Wut Winothai, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas Day, Sharon J. Peacock Serological evidence for increased human exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei following the tsunami in Southern Thailand. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol.44, No.1 (2006), 239-240. doi:10.1128/JCM.44.1.239-240.2006 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/23379

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Serological evidence for increased human exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei following the tsunami in Southern Thailand

Author(s)

Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
 Wirongrong Chierakul
 Jurairat Rattanalertnavee
 Sayan Langa
 Damrong Sirodom
 Charnkij Wattanawaitunechai
 Wut Winothai
 Nicholas J. White
 Nicholas Day
 Sharon J. Peacock

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Mahidol University
 Takuapa General Hospital
 Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine

Abstract

A serological study was performed to determine recent human exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei (the cause of melioidosis) in residents of southern Thailand affected by the tsunami of 26 December 2004. The findings were suggestive of increased recent exposure in both tsunami survivors and uninjured bystanders. Survivors of the Thailand tsunami may be at increased risk of melioidosis. Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Immunology and Microbiology
 Medicine

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