Melioidosis in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Melioidosis is clearly highly endemic in Laos, although the disease has only been diagnosed regularly in humans (1359 cases) since 1999, and only a single animal case has been microbiologically confirmed. Burkholderia pseudomallei is extensively and abundantly present in soil and surface water in ce...

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Main Authors: David A.B. Dance, Manophab Luangraj, Sayaphet Rattanavong, Noikaseumsy Sithivong, Oulayphone Vongnalaysane, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Paul N. Newton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/3/1/21