Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis
Dance, David AB
Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019 - 1 electronic resource (272 p.)
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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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books978-3-03897-743-8 9783038977421
10.3390/books978-3-03897-743-8 doi
South America Papua New Guinea Cambodia Laos prevention environmental Seychelles Africa India Lao PDR western Indian Ocean animal treatment Hong Kong transmission modes Madagascar Thailand Middle East bacteriology Vietnam public awareness Burkholderia MLST Sri Lanka melioidosis veterinary South Asia mortality Caribbean Australia Central America Myanmar Malaysia awareness Réunion diagnosis Mauritius Melioidosis clinical tropical medicine B. pseudomallei Singapore Oceania epidemiology China genomics Burkholderia pseudomallei surveillance Philippines environment Bangladesh Mexico Indonesia
Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019 - 1 electronic resource (272 p.)
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-03897-743-8 9783038977421
10.3390/books978-3-03897-743-8 doi
South America Papua New Guinea Cambodia Laos prevention environmental Seychelles Africa India Lao PDR western Indian Ocean animal treatment Hong Kong transmission modes Madagascar Thailand Middle East bacteriology Vietnam public awareness Burkholderia MLST Sri Lanka melioidosis veterinary South Asia mortality Caribbean Australia Central America Myanmar Malaysia awareness Réunion diagnosis Mauritius Melioidosis clinical tropical medicine B. pseudomallei Singapore Oceania epidemiology China genomics Burkholderia pseudomallei surveillance Philippines environment Bangladesh Mexico Indonesia