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. 2012 Oct;50(10):3349-52.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01577-12. Epub 2012 Jul 18.

Clinical-epidemiological features of 13 cases of melioidosis in Brazil

Raimunda S N Brilhante  1 , Tereza J P G Bandeira, Rossana A Cordeiro, Thalles B Grangeiro, Rita A C Lima, Joyce F Ribeiro, Débora S C M Castelo-Branco, Jorge L N Rodrigues, Ivo C B Coelho, Francisco G Magalhães, Marcos F G Rocha, José J C Sidrim
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Clinical-epidemiological features of 13 cases of melioidosis in Brazil

Raimunda S N Brilhante et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

The aim of this work was to catalog the clinical and ecoepidemiological characteristics of melioidosis in Brazil. The clinical-epidemiological features of melioidosis in Ceará are similar to those in other regions where the disease is endemic. These findings support the inclusion of this Brazilian state as part of the zone of endemicity for melioidosis.

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