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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1(21), p. 159-162

DOI: 10.3201/eid2101.140042

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Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012

Journal article published in 2015 by Xiang Liu, Long Pang, Siew Hoon Sim, Kee Tai Goh, Sharada Ravikumar, Mar Soe Win, Gladys Tan, Alex Richard Cook ORCID, Dale Fisher, Louis Yi Ann Chai
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Abstract

Soil has been considered the natural reservoir for the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes melioidosis. We examined 550 melioidosis cases that occurred during a 10-year period in the highly urbanized city of Singapore, where soil exposure is rare, and found that rainfall and humidity levels were associated with disease incidence.