Fatal melioidosis in goats in Bangkok, Thailand

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Aug;91(2):287-290. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0115. Epub 2014 Jun 2.

Abstract

Bangkok, Thailand, is a city considered to be at low risk for melioidosis. We describe 10 goats that died of melioidosis in Bangkok. Half of them were born and reared in the city. Multilocus sequence typing ruled out an outbreak. This finding challenges the assumption that melioidosis is rarely acquired in central Thailand.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei / genetics
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei / isolation & purification
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei / pathogenicity*
  • Female
  • Goat Diseases*
  • Goats
  • Male
  • Melioidosis / microbiology
  • Melioidosis / mortality
  • Melioidosis / pathology
  • Melioidosis / veterinary*
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing / veterinary
  • Thailand / epidemiology