The public health significance of finding autochthonous melioidosis cases in the continental United States

Recently, the pathogen that causes melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei, was found in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi, United States of America, associated with human cases and as bacteria in the soil of affected areas. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared th...

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Published inPLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 17; no. 8; p. e0011550
Main Author Torres, Alfredo G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco Public Library of Science 01.08.2023
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects
Biology and Life Sciences
Control
Diagnosis
Disease control
Emerging communicable diseases
Government agencies
Infectious diseases
Medicine and Health Sciences
Melioidosis
Methods
Pathogens
People and places
Pseudomonas infections
Public health
Public health administration
Risk factors
Soil bacteria
Soil microorganisms
Tropical diseases
Viewpoints
United States
United States > US
Mississippi
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Summary:Recently, the pathogen that causes melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei, was found in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi, United States of America, associated with human cases and as bacteria in the soil of affected areas. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared the pathogen as endemic in the continental United States for the first time. This viewpoint discusses some issues that the research, public health communities, and government agencies need to address.
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The author(s) have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1935-2735
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1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011550