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Cambios en la agrupación de casos y fuentes de contaminación como determinantes de lamelioidosis en Taiwán
Author(s) -
Dai Dajun,
Chen YaoShen,
Chen PeiShih,
Chen YaLei
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03036.x
Subject(s) - melioidosis , burkholderia pseudomallei , incidence (geometry) , cluster (spacecraft) , veterinary medicine , contamination , biology , geography , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , bacteria , medicine , genetics , physics , optics , computer science , programming language
Objectives To assess the geographical distribution of melioidosis contamination sources and the association between the location of melioidosis cases and positive sampling sites for Burkholderia pseudomallei in Taiwan. Methods Data on the location of melioidosis cases from 2002 to 2011 were combined with the geographical distribution of B. pseudomallei as indicated by the detection of specific flagella gene products measured from 2005 to 2011. Temporal and spatial analyses were used to determine the incidence, cluster shifts and associations between the two datasets. Results Melioidosis cases clustered in two ‘hot‐spot’ areas with incidence rates that were significantly higher than in neighbouring towns. The incidence rates in the northern area gradually decreased, while the rates in the southern area increased and were temporally associated with the appearance of B. pseudomallei ‐specific flagella genes in water samples. Conclusions Melioidosis hot‐spot areas were present in Taiwan. Water contaminated with B. pseudomallei serves as a potential transmission vehicle and is correlated with an increase in melioidosis cases; this correlation was stronger than that for B. pseudomallei ‐contaminated soil.