Open AccessA Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Imported from Eritrea to Israel
Author(s) -
Yaniv Almog,
Yael Yagel,
Yuval Geffen,
Pablo Yagupsky
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.015
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1476-1645
pISSN - 0002-9637
DOI - 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0481
Subject(s) - burkholderia pseudomallei , melioidosis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , multilocus sequence typing , epidemiology , burkholderia , virology , medicine , genotype , bacteria , pathology , genetics , gene
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.
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