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Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis



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Autore: Dance David AB Visualizza persona
Titolo: Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
Soggetto topico: Medicine and Nursing
Soggetto non controllato: Africa
animal
Australia
awareness
B. pseudomallei
bacteriology
Bangladesh
Burkholderia
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Cambodia
Caribbean
Central America
China
clinical
diagnosis
environment
environmental
epidemiology
genomics
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Laos
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mauritius
melioidosis
Melioidosis
Mexico
Middle East
MLST
mortality
Myanmar
Oceania
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
prevention
public awareness
Réunion
Seychelles
Singapore
South America
South Asia
Sri Lanka
surveillance
Thailand
transmission modes
treatment
tropical medicine
veterinary
Vietnam
western Indian Ocean
Persona (resp. second.): LimmathurotsakulDirek
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis  Visualizza cluster
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910346664003321
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