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. 2008 Feb;14(2):301-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1402.070811.

Burkholderia pseudomallei antibodies in children, Cambodia

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Burkholderia pseudomallei antibodies in children, Cambodia

Vanaporn Wuthiekanun et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Feb.

Abstract

Antibodies to Burkholderia pseudomallei were detected in 16% of children in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This organism was isolated from 30% of rice paddies in the surrounding vicinity. Despite the lack of reported indigenous cases, melioidosis is likely to occur in Cambodia.

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Indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA) titer for 968 children living in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The number of children tested in each year group is shown. The number of children by age group follows: <1 y, 106 children; 1 y, 98 children; 2 y, 93 children; 3 y, 54 children; 4 y, 50 children; 5 y, 62 children; 6 y, 55 children; 7 y, 57 children; 8 y, 44 children; 9 y, 49 children; 10 y, 50 children; 11 y, 41 children; 12 y, 49 children; 13 y, 66 children; 14 y, 54 children; 15 y, 23 children; 16 y, 17 children.

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