Reprint

Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis

Edited by
March 2019
272 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03897-742-1 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03897-743-8 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Medicine & Pharmacology
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary

This book is the definitive reference regarding the global status of melioidosis in 2018. Melioidosis is one of the most neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), so much so that it is not even included in the WHO list of NTDs. Yet modeling suggests that it kills more people worldwide every year than diseases that are much better known, such as leptospirosis and dengue. The reasons for this under-recognition are numerous, including the fact that it mainly affects the disadvantaged rural poor in areas that are poorly supplied with the diagnostic capability to make the diagnosis. In 22 separate articles, expert authors from around the world have summarized what is known about the burden of the disease in humans and animals and the presence of the causative bacterium in the environment in their countries or regions. They have also identified the main obstacles and challenges to establishing the true burden, and to ensure that patients receive accurate diagnosis and optimal care for this all too frequently fatal disease. Rather than focusing on the theoretical risk of the use of Burkholderia pseudomallei as a biological weapon, this book highlights its importance as a clear and present danger to global public health.

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  • Paperback
License and Copyright
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
n/a; melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; epidemiology; diagnosis; treatment; melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Laos; Lao PDR; melioidosis; Sri Lanka; epidemiology; Burkholderia pseudomallei; melioidosis; Cambodia; epidemiology; Burkholderia pseudomallei; melioidosis; Mexico; Central America; Caribbean; epidemiology; awareness; melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Malaysia; epidemiology; bacteriology; melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; transmission modes; melioidosis; Australia; tropical medicine; melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Myanmar; Melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; western Indian Ocean; diagnosis; MLST; Madagascar; Mauritius; Réunion; Seychelles; melioidosis; B. pseudomallei; Singapore; clinical; veterinary; environmental; Burkholderia pseudomallei; melioidosis; Indonesia; Papua New Guinea; Oceania; melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; melioidosis; Thailand; mortality; diagnosis; surveillance; awareness; treatment; prevention; melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Vietnam; public awareness; animal; environment; melioidosis; Burkholderia; Bangladesh; Burkholderia pseudomallei; India; melioidosis; South Asia; melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; South America; melioidosis; Africa; Middle East; Burkholderia pseudomallei; genomics; public awareness; environment; melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Hong Kong; melioidosis; Philippines; Burkholderia pseudomallei; melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; epidemiology; China

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