Melioidosis -- Worldwide/Unknown
According to the 1st-ever global burden estimates for melioidosis, the disease is sharply underreported in 45 endemic countries; it is probably endemic in 34 more, and conditions are suitable for the disease in parts of the USA and Japan. The study, published on 11 Jan 2016 in Nature Microbiology, has practical implications for the USA, given the 2014 outbreak linked to the Tulane Primate Research Center in Louisiana.
The findings are based on reports of human and animal cases, reports of
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