Case report: A burkholderia pseudomallei infection imported from eritrea to Israel

Yaniv Almog; Yael Yagel; Yuval Geffen; Pablo Yagupsky

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0481

Case report: A burkholderia pseudomallei infection imported from eritrea to Israel

Yaniv Almog, Yael Yagel, Yuval Geffen, Pablo Yagupsky

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Although it has been predicted that melioidosis is probably endemic in the Horn of Africa, no confirmed cases have ever been detected in the region. We have recently isolated Burkholderia pseudomallei from an Eritrean patient in Israel. The isolate was assigned a novel multilocus sequence type (ST-1479). The observation has important epidemiological implications in an era of massive human migration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	997-998
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	95
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0481
State	Published - 1 Nov 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Infectious Diseases

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Case report: A burkholderia pseudomallei infection imported from eritrea to Israel

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