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| Title: | Rapidly progressing melioidosis outbreak in city center zoo, Hong Kong, 2024 | Authors: | Brackman, CJ Wong, ITF Chan, ASL Pun, PCK Cheung, DHT Tse, ACN Yuen, CPM Law, PYT Tam, WY Chow, FWN Siu, GKH Sit, THC |
Issue Date: | Sep-2025 | Source: | Emerging infectious diseases, Sept 2025, v. 31, no. 9, p. 1815-1819 | Abstract: | In October 2024, twelve primates from 4 species died of sepsis at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Postmortem examinations and microbiological analyses confirmed Burkholderia pseudomallei infection. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a clonal sequence type 46 strain with minimal variation, signifying a single source. This outbreak highlights melioidosis risk in zoo settings. | Publisher: | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Journal: | Emerging infectious diseases | ISSN: | 1080-6040 | EISSN: | 1080-6059 | DOI: | 10.3201/eid3109.250823 | Rights: | Emerging Infectious Diseases is an open access journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a U.S. Government agency. The journal is a member in good standing of the Directory of Open Access Journals (https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059?source=%7B%22query%22%3A%7B%22filtered%22%3A%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22bool%22%3A%7B%22must%22%3A%5B%7B%22terms%22%3A%7B%22index.issn.exact%22%3A%5B%221080-6040%22%2C%221080-6059%22%5D%7D%7D%2C%7B%22term%22%3A%7B%22_type%22%3A%22article%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%2C%22query%22%3A%7B%22match_all%22%3A%7B%7D%7D%7D%7D%2C%22from%22%3A0%2C%22size%22%3A100%7D). All materials published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, including text, figures, tables, and photographs, are in the public domain and can be reprinted or used without permission with proper citation. All content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. In accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (https://budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/) definition of open access, users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Because the journal is in the public domain, its usage policy also conforms to conditions set forth by Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The following publication Brackman, C. J., Wong, I., Chan, A., Pun, P., Cheung, D., Tse, A....Sit, T. (2025). Rapidly Progressing Melioidosis Outbreak in City Center Zoo, Hong Kong, 2024. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31(9), 1815-1819 is available at https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3109.250823. |
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