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Drivers of melioidosis endemicity: epidemiological transition, zoonosis, and climate change

Melioidosis, caused by the soil-dwelling bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is a tropical infection associated with high morbidity and mortality. This review summarizes current insights into melioidosis’ endemicity, focusing on epidemiological transitions, zoonosis, and climate change. RECENT FIND...

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Autores principales: Birnie, Emma, Biemond, Jason J., Wiersinga, W. Joost
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10128909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35665713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QCO.0000000000000827
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author Birnie, Emma
Biemond, Jason J.
Wiersinga, W. Joost
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description Melioidosis, caused by the soil-dwelling bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is a tropical infection associated with high morbidity and mortality. This review summarizes current insights into melioidosis’ endemicity, focusing on epidemiological transitions, zoonosis, and climate change. RECENT FINDINGS: Estimates of the global burden of melioidosis affirm the significance of hot-spots in Australia and Thailand. However, it also highlights the paucity of systematic data from South Asia, The Americas, and Africa. Globally, the growing incidence of diabetes, chronic renal and (alcoholic) liver diseases further increase the susceptibility of individuals to B. pseudomallei infection. Recent outbreaks in nonendemic regions have exposed the hazard from the trade of animals and products as potential reservoirs for B. pseudomallei. Lastly, global warming will increase precipitation, severe weather events, soil salinity and anthrosol, all associated with the occurrence of B. pseudomallei. SUMMARY: Epidemiological transitions, zoonotic hazards, and climate change are all contributing to the emergence of novel melioidosis-endemic areas. The adoption of the One Health approach involving multidisciplinary collaboration is important in unraveling the real incidence of B. pseudomallei, as well as reducing the spread and associated mortality.
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spelling pubmed-101289092023-04-26 Drivers of melioidosis endemicity: epidemiological transition, zoonosis, and climate change Birnie, Emma Biemond, Jason J. Wiersinga, W. Joost Curr Opin Infect Dis PATHOGENESIS AND IMMUNE RESPONSE: Edited by Dennis L. Stevens and Dimitri A. Diavatopoulos Melioidosis, caused by the soil-dwelling bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is a tropical infection associated with high morbidity and mortality. This review summarizes current insights into melioidosis’ endemicity, focusing on epidemiological transitions, zoonosis, and climate change. RECENT FINDINGS: Estimates of the global burden of melioidosis affirm the significance of hot-spots in Australia and Thailand. However, it also highlights the paucity of systematic data from South Asia, The Americas, and Africa. Globally, the growing incidence of diabetes, chronic renal and (alcoholic) liver diseases further increase the susceptibility of individuals to B. pseudomallei infection. Recent outbreaks in nonendemic regions have exposed the hazard from the trade of animals and products as potential reservoirs for B. pseudomallei. Lastly, global warming will increase precipitation, severe weather events, soil salinity and anthrosol, all associated with the occurrence of B. pseudomallei. SUMMARY: Epidemiological transitions, zoonotic hazards, and climate change are all contributing to the emergence of novel melioidosis-endemic areas. The adoption of the One Health approach involving multidisciplinary collaboration is important in unraveling the real incidence of B. pseudomallei, as well as reducing the spread and associated mortality. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022-06 2022-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10128909/ /pubmed/35665713 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QCO.0000000000000827 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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title Drivers of melioidosis endemicity: epidemiological transition, zoonosis, and climate change
title_full Drivers of melioidosis endemicity: epidemiological transition, zoonosis, and climate change
title_fullStr Drivers of melioidosis endemicity: epidemiological transition, zoonosis, and climate change
title_full_unstemmed Drivers of melioidosis endemicity: epidemiological transition, zoonosis, and climate change
title_short Drivers of melioidosis endemicity: epidemiological transition, zoonosis, and climate change
title_sort drivers of melioidosis endemicity: epidemiological transition, zoonosis, and climate change
topic PATHOGENESIS AND IMMUNE RESPONSE: Edited by Dennis L. Stevens and Dimitri A. Diavatopoulos
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10128909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35665713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QCO.0000000000000827
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