Endemic Melioidosis in Residents of Desert Region after Atypically Intense Rainfall in Central Australia, 2011
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
After heavy rains and flooding during early 2011 in the normally arid interior of Australia, melioidosis was diagnosed in 6 persons over a 4-month period. Although the precise global distribution of the causal bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei remains to be determined, this organism can clearly survive in harsh and even desert environments outside the wet tropics.
Date Issued
2015-06-30
Date Acceptance
2015-06-01
Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015, 21 (6), pp.1038-1040
ISSN
1080-6059
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Start Page
1038
End Page
1040
Journal / Book Title
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume
21
Issue
6
Subjects
Australia
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Melioidosis
bacteria
climate
desert
endemic diseases
floods
rainfall
Desert Climate
Geography
History, 21st Century
Humans
Rain
Residence Characteristics
Microbiology
1108 Medical Microbiology
1117 Public Health And Health Services
1103 Clinical Sciences
Publication Status
Published