Hostettler, Kathryn; Meumann, Ella; Currie, Bart; Davis, Josh; Huttner, Angela

Author(s)

Hostettler, Kathryn

Meumann, Ella

Currie, Bart

Davis, Josh

Huttner, Angela

Publication Date

2024-12-01

Abstract

Once considered endemic only to tropical and subtropical climates such as Southeast Asia and northern Australia, melioidosis is expanding to non-endemic areas such as the southern US. Climate change is impacting infectious diseases, melioidosis being no exception. Now is the time to inform and prepare: as this Communicable episode’s title indicates, melioidosis is going global. Join hosts Angela Huttner and Josh Davis on their in-depth exploration of melioidosis with invited experts Dr. Ella Meumann and Prof. Bart Currie from Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia. Topics range from melioidosis discovery, clinical presentation, diagnostic approaches and host risk factors to the disease’s expanding endemicity. Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by the sapronotic agent Burkholderia pseudomallei and contracted by both people and animals through direct contact with contaminated soil, air or waters. Current burden estimates of 169’000 cases and 89’000 deaths per year are thought to be grossly underreported due to limited access to laboratory diagnostics and lack of clinical awareness. Experts call for melioidosis to be recognized as a neglected tropical disease in order to give this disease the urgent attention and resources it deserves. This episode was edited by Kathryn Hostettler and peer-reviewed by Dr. Goulia Ohan of Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia.

Affiliation

European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Basel, Switzerland

Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia

University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Division of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Link

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/14284

Publisher

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

MESH subject

Melioidosis

Melioidosis diagnosis

Hot risk factors

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Phylogeography

Endemicity

Title

Communicable E7 - Melioidosis goes global

Type of document

Audio recording

Entity Type

Publication

NT Health Research and Publications Online

Communicable E7 - Melioidosis goes global

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Author(s)	Hostettler, Kathryn Meumann, Ella Currie, Bart Davis, Josh Huttner, Angela
Publication Date	2024-12-01
Abstract	Once considered endemic only to tropical and subtropical climates such as Southeast Asia and northern Australia, melioidosis is expanding to non-endemic areas such as the southern US. Climate change is impacting infectious diseases, melioidosis being no exception. Now is the time to inform and prepare: as this Communicable episode’s title indicates, melioidosis is going global. Join hosts Angela Huttner and Josh Davis on their in-depth exploration of melioidosis with invited experts Dr. Ella Meumann and Prof. Bart Currie from Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia. Topics range from melioidosis discovery, clinical presentation, diagnostic approaches and host risk factors to the disease’s expanding endemicity. Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by the sapronotic agent Burkholderia pseudomallei and contracted by both people and animals through direct contact with contaminated soil, air or waters. Current burden estimates of 169’000 cases and 89’000 deaths per year are thought to be grossly underreported due to limited access to laboratory diagnostics and lack of clinical awareness. Experts call for melioidosis to be recognized as a neglected tropical disease in order to give this disease the urgent attention and resources it deserves. This episode was edited by Kathryn Hostettler and peer-reviewed by Dr. Goulia Ohan of Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia.
Affiliation	European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Basel, Switzerland Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia Division of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Link	https://hdl.handle.net/10137/14284
Publisher	European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
MESH subject	Melioidosis Melioidosis diagnosis Hot risk factors Burkholderia pseudomallei Phylogeography Endemicity
Title	Communicable E7 - Melioidosis goes global
Type of document	Audio recording
Entity Type	Publication