TY - JOUR
T1 - Melioidosis in Africa
T2 - Time to Raise Awareness and Build Capacity for Its Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment
AU - Birnie, Emma
AU - James, Ayorinde
AU - Peters, Folake
AU - Olajumoke, Makinwa
AU - Traore, Tieble
AU - Bertherat, Eric
AU - Trinh, Trung T.
AU - Naidoo, Dhamari
AU - Steinmetz, Ivo
AU - Wiersinga, W. Joost
AU - Oladele, Rita
AU - Akanmu, Alani S.
PY - 2022/1/10
Y1 - 2022/1/10
N2 - Melioidosis is a tropical infectious disease caused by the soil-dwelling bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei with a mortality of up to 50% in low resource settings. Only a few cases have been reported from African countries. However, studies on the global burden of melioidosis showed that Africa holds a significant unrecognized disease burden, with Nigeria being at the top of the list. The first World Health Organization African Melioidosis Workshop was organized in Lagos, Nigeria, with representatives of health authorities, microbiology laboratories, and clinical centers from across the continent. Dedicated hands-on training was given on laboratory diagnostics of B. pseudomallei. This report summarises the meeting objectives, including raising awareness of melioidosis and building capacity for the detection, diagnosis, biosafety, treatment, and prevention across Africa. Further, collaboration with regional and international experts provided a platform for sharing ideas on best practices.
AB - Melioidosis is a tropical infectious disease caused by the soil-dwelling bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei with a mortality of up to 50% in low resource settings. Only a few cases have been reported from African countries. However, studies on the global burden of melioidosis showed that Africa holds a significant unrecognized disease burden, with Nigeria being at the top of the list. The first World Health Organization African Melioidosis Workshop was organized in Lagos, Nigeria, with representatives of health authorities, microbiology laboratories, and clinical centers from across the continent. Dedicated hands-on training was given on laboratory diagnostics of B. pseudomallei. This report summarises the meeting objectives, including raising awareness of melioidosis and building capacity for the detection, diagnosis, biosafety, treatment, and prevention across Africa. Further, collaboration with regional and international experts provided a platform for sharing ideas on best practices.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0673
DO - https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0673
M3 - Article
C2 - 35008053
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 106
SP - 394
EP - 397
JO - American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
JF - American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
IS - 2
ER -