Clinical Definitions of Melioidosis |
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| Authors: | Allen C. Cheng Bart J. Currie David A. B. Dance Simon G. P. Funnell Direk Limmathurotsakul Andrew J. H. Simpson Sharon J. Peacock |
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| Affiliation: | Civil and Environmental Engineering and Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya; University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York |
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| Abstract: | Clinical definitions of melioidosis and inhalation-acquired melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei infection) are described together with the evidence used to develop these definitions. Such definitions support accurate public health reporting, preparedness planning for deliberate B. pseudomallei release, design of experimental models, and categorization of naturally acquired melioidosis. |
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