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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 75(5), 2006, pp. 945-946
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MELIOIDOSIS IN MYANMAR: FORGOTTEN BUT NOT GONE?

VANAPORN WUTHIEKANUN, SAYAN LANGA, WITAYA SWADDIWUDHIPONG, WILARAT JEDSADAPANPONG, YINGYOT KAENGNET, WIRONGRONG CHIERAKUL, NICHOLAS P. DAY, AND SHARON J. PEACOCK*
The Wellcome Trust-Mahidol University-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Program, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Mae Sot General Hospital, Tak, Thailand; Center for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

 

ABSTRACT

A serologic survey of adults resident in Myanmar was conducted to define the presence of antibodies to Burkholderia pseudomallei, the cause of melioidosis. Antibodies were detectable by indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA) in 757 (78%) of 968 adults, of whom 69 (7%) had an IHA titer ≥0.

Received June 14, 2006. Accepted for publication July 24, 2006.

Acknowledgments: We thank Kanoknat Pitsutikul (Hospital Director) and other staff members at Mae Sot Hospital for their support, Premjit Amornchai for technical assistance, and other members of the Wellcome Trust-Oxford University-Mahidol University Tropical Medicine Research Program for their support.

Financial support: This study was supported by the Wellcome Trust Sharon J. Peacock is supported by a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award in Clinical Tropical Medicine.

* Address correspondence to Sharon J. Peacock, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand. E-mail: sharon{at}tropmedres.ac

Authors’ addresses: Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Sayan Langa, Wilarat Jedsadapanpong, Wirongrong Chierakul, Nicholas P. Day, and Sharon J. Peacock, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand, Telephone: 66-2-354-9172, Fax: 66-2-354-9169, E-mail: sharon{at}tropmedres.ac. Witaya Swaddiwudhipong and Yingyot Kaengnet, Mae Sot General Hospital, Tak, Thailand, Telephone: 66-5-554-2337, Fax: 66-5-553-3046, E-mail: swaddi{at}hotmail.com.






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