Melioidosis in Africa: Time to Uncover the True Disease Load

Melioidosis in Africa: Time to Uncover the True Disease Load

Melioidosis is an often fatal infectious disease with a protean clinical spectrum, caused by the environmental bacterial pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei. Although the disease has been reported from some African countries in the past, the present epidemiology of melioidosis in Africa is almost ent...

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Main Authors: Ivo Steinmetz, Gabriel E. Wagner, Estelle Kanyala, Mamadou Sawadogo, Hema Soumeya, Mekonnen Teferi, Emawayish Andargie, Biruk Yeshitela, Louise Yaba Atsé-Achi, Moussa Sanogo, Bassirou Bonfoh, Raphael Rakotozandrindrainy, Célestin Pongombo Shongo, Mick Shongoya Pongombo, Eric Kasamba Ilunga, Sabine Lichtenegger, Karoline Assig, Jürgen May, Eric Bertherat, Michael Owusu, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
melioidosis
Africa
Middle East
Burkholderia pseudomallei
genomics
public awareness
environment
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/3/2/62

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