Melioidosis in Vietnam: Recently Improved Recognition but still an Uncertain Disease Burden after Almost a Century of Reporting

Melioidosis in Vietnam: Recently Improved Recognition but still an Uncertain Disease Burden after Almost a Century of Reporting

The first cases of human melioidosis were described in Vietnam in the 1920s, almost a century ago. It was in Vietnam in the thirties that the saprophytic nature of B. pseudomallei was first recognized. Although a significant number of French and U.S. soldiers acquired the disease during the Vietnam...

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Main Authors: Trung T. Trinh, Linh D. N. Nguyen, Trung V. Nguyen, Chuong X. Tran, An V. Le, Hao V. Nguyen, Karoline Assig, Sabine Lichtenegger, Gabriel E. Wagner, Cuong D. Do, Ivo Steinmetz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
melioidosis
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Vietnam
public awareness
animal
environment
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/3/2/39

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