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Limited Awareness of Melioidosis in High-risk Populations Despite an Increasing Incidence of the Disease in Far North Queensland, Australia
Simon Smith
Simon Smith
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Elizabeth Buikstra
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Sally Rubenach
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Annie Preston-Thomas
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Josh Hanson
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ABSTRACT.
The incidence of melioidosis, an opportunistic infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, has recently doubled in Far North Queensland (FNQ), Australia. This contrasts with the local burden of dengue, which is nearing elimination, and the stable incidence of leptospirosis. This questionnaire-based study assessed the awareness of melioidosis among people in FNQ with risk factors for the disease, using awareness of leptospirosis and dengue as comparators. There were 427 respondents; 361 (85%) reported one or more risk factors for melioidosis. Only 69 of 361 (19%) had heard of melioidosis compared with 301 of 361 (83%) who had heard of dengue (P < 0.001) and 137 of 361 (38%) who had heard of leptospirosis (P < 0.001). In FNQ, Australia, there is an increasing local incidence of melioidosis, but there is limited awareness of the disease among high-risk individuals. Greater community awareness of melioidosis is necessary to implement strategies to prevent disease and expedite the presentation of patients with this life-threatening infection.
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Authors’ addresses: Simon Smith, Elizabeth Buikstra, and Josh Hanson, Department of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Australia, E-mails: simon.smith2@health.qld.gov.au, elizabeth.buikstra@health.qld.gov.au, and joshua.hanson@health.qld.gov.au. Sally Rubenach and Annie Preston-Thomas, Tropical Public Health Services Cairns, Cairns, Australia, E-mails: sally.rubenach@health.qld.gov.au and annie.preston-thomas@health.qld.gov.au.
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1.
Stewart JD , Smith S , Binotto E , McBride WJ , Currie BJ , Hanson J , 2017. The epidemiology and clinical features of melioidosis in Far North Queensland: implications for patient management. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11: e0005411.
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2.
Limmathurotsakul D et al., 2016. Predicted global distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei and burden of melioidosis. Nat Microbiol 1: 15008.
-
3.
Savelkoel J , Dance DAB , Currie BJ , Limmathurotsakul D , Wiersinga WJ , 2021. A call to action: time to recognise melioidosis as a neglected tropical disease. Lancet Infect Dis 22: e176–e182.
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4.
Hanson J , Smith S , Stewart J , Horne P , Ramsamy N , 2021. Melioidosis—a disease of socioeconomic disadvantage. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15: e0009544.
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5.
Smith S , Horne P , Rubenach S , Gair R , Stewart J , Fairhead L , Hanson J , 2021. Increased incidence of melioidosis in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, 1998–2019. Emerg Infect Dis 27: 3119–3123.
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6.
Gora H , Hasan T , Smith S , Wilson I , Mayo M , Woerle C , Webb JR , Currie BJ , Hanson J , Meumann EM , 2022. Melioidosis of the central nervous system; impact of the bimABm allele on patient presentation and outcome. Clin Infect Dis.
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7.
Ryan PA et al., 2019. Establishment of w Mel Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and reduction of local dengue transmission in Cairns and surrounding locations in northern Queensland, Australia. Gates Open Res 3: 1547.
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8.
Queensland Health, Communicable Diseases Branch , 2015. Queensland Dengue Management Plan, 2015–2020. Available at: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/444433/dengue-mgt-plan.pdf.
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9.
Queensland Health Notifiable Conditions Annual Reporting , 2022. Available at: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/notifiable/annual. Accessed April 26, 2022.
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10.
Smith S , Kennedy BJ , Dermedgoglou A , Poulgrain SS , Paavola MP , Minto TL , Luc M , Liu YH , Hanson J , 2019. A simple score to predict severe leptospirosis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13: e0007205.
-
11.
Smith S , Liu YH , Carter A , Kennedy BJ , Dermedgoglou A , Poulgrain SS , Paavola MP , Minto TL , Luc M , Hanson J , 2019. Severe leptospirosis in tropical Australia: optimising intensive care unit management to reduce mortality. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13: e0007929.
-
12.
Faa AG , Holt PJ , 2002. Melioidosis in the Torres Strait islands of Far North Queensland. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 26: 279–283.
-
13.
Conigrave KM et al., 2021. Revision of the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol. Med J Aust 215: 518–524.
-
14.
Salaveria K , Smith S , Liu YH , Bagshaw R , Ott M , Stewart A , Law M , Carter A , Hanson J , 2021. The applicability of commonly used severity of illness scores to tropical infections in Australia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 106: 257–267.
-
15.
Smith S , Hanson J , Currie BJ , 2018. Melioidosis: an Australian perspective. Trop Med Infect Dis 3: 27.
-
16.
Boyd R , Mcguinness S , Draper A , Neilson M , Krause V , 2016. Melioidosis Awareness Campaign. Volume 23. The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin. Darwin, Australia: Centre for Disease Control, 1–4.
-
17.
Suntornsut P , Teparrukkul P , Wongsuvan G , Chaowagul W , Michie S , Day NPJ , Limmathurotsakul D , 2021. Effectiveness of a multifaceted prevention programme for melioidosis in diabetics (PREMEL): a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15: e0009060.
-
18.
Chau KWT , Smith S , Kang K , Dheda S , Hanson J , 2018. Antibiotic prophylaxis for melioidosis in patients receiving hemodialysis in the tropics? One size does not fit all. Am J Trop Med Hyg 99: 597–600.
-
19.
Ritchie SA , Pyke AT , Hall-Mendelin S , Day A , Mores CN , Christofferson RC , Gubler DJ , Bennett SN , van den Hurk AF , 2013. An explosive epidemic of DENV-3 in Cairns, Australia. PLoS One 8: e68137.
-
20.
Orr B , Westman ME , Malik R , Purdie A , Craig SB , Norris JM , 2022. Leptospirosis is an emerging infectious disease of pig-hunting dogs and humans in North Queensland. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16: e0010100.
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| Full Text Views | 318 | 187 | 0 |
| PDF Downloads | 161 | 13 | 0 |