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Raising awareness of Melioidosis
Melioidosis.info is an online-platform for reporting melioidosis cases and for disseminating information of melioidosis
for general public, researchers and health policy makers.
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Links that you don't want to miss
Posters showing how to [1] look for B. pseudomallei colonies on agar plates, [2] identify B. pseudomallei and [3] perform drug susceptibility tests. Please click on pictures to get PDFs.
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To read "melioidosis" at Nature Review Disease Primers 2018. Here is the link to a read-only version for those without a subscription. |
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What is Melioidosis?
"Melioidosis" is an often fatal infectious disease caused by the environmental bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis is often misdiagnosed because it causes wide range of symptoms which often mimic those of other tropical diseases. Diagnosis requires high suspicion/recognition by treating physicians and confirmation by isolation of B. pseudomallei from any clinical specimen such as blood, urine, sputum and pus. However, isolation and identification of B. pseudomallei require specific microbiology facilities and experienced microbiologists. The mortality rate of untreated patients could be up to 90%, and many die before the diagnosis is made. Thus, the burden of this disease is largely hidden
"Burkholderia pseudomallei" is present in soil and water in the endemic areas, and infection is acquired through skin inoculation or contamination of wounds, ingestion and inhalation.
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Our highlights
1) Our map can show evidence of melioidosis at each location. You can also click the link to go to Pubmed page to read more about the evidence!
2) Published manuscript alone is not enough. Our map also show non-published data of melioidosis cases and their mortalites from collaborating institutes. You can also click the link to see the details and how it was reported.
3) Our map can also show where you can seek helps for melioidosis research, and whom to contact.
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