Melioidosis is in the Americas: A Call to Action for Diagnosing and Treating the Disease

Alfredo G. Torres; Franco E. Montufar; Jay E. Gee; Alex R. Hoffmaster; Mindy G. Elrod; Carolina Duarte-Valderrama; Monica G. Huertas; David D. Blaney

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.18-0418

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f Melioidosis is in the Americas: A Call to Action for Diagnosing and Treating the Disease

Alfredo G. Torres¹, Franco E. Montufar², Jay E. Gee³, Alex R. Hoffmaster³, Mindy G. Elrod³, Carolina Duarte-Valderrama⁴, Monica G. Huertas⁵, David D. Blaney³
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; ² Clinical Pneumology, León XIII Clinic of Antioquia University, Infectology Post-Degree of Pontificia Bolivariana University, Medellin, Colombia; ³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia; ⁴ National Institute of Health, Microbiology Group, Direction in Public Health Networks, Bogota, Colombia; ⁵ University el Bosque, Bogota, Colombia

*Address correspondence to Alfredo G. Torres, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555. E-mail: altorres@utmb.edu
fn1Financial support: This work was supported by UTMB Institute for Human Infections and Immunity seed grant awarded to AGT.

fn2Authors’ addresses: Alfredo G. Torres, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, E-mail: altorres@utmb.edu. Franco E. Montufar, Department of Clinical Pneumology, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, E-mail: frmontufar@yahoo.com. Jay E. Gee, Alex R. Hoffmaster, and David D. Blaney, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, E-mails: xzg4@cdc.gov, amh9@cdc.gov, and znr5@cdc.gov. Mindy G. Elrod, Zoonoses and Select Agents, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, E-mail: wzg0@cdc.gov. Carolina Duarte-Valderrama, Microbiology Group, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota, Colombia, E-mail: cduarte@ins.gov.co. Monica G. Huertas, Department of Microbiology, Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia, E-mail: mogahuertas@gmail.com.

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Publisher: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 99, Issue 3, 5 Sep 2018, p. 563 - 564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0418

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Melioidosis, a disease caused by the pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei, is a significant underreported endemic disease found in tropical countries worldwide. Recent studies have demonstrated that human melioidosis cases have been increasingly recognized in the Americas. Therefore, the first Scientific Reunion of Melioidosis in the Americas was organized in Colombia, with the participation of health authorities of 11 Latin American countries and the United States. This report summarizes the topics reviewed during the meeting, including how to identify human infections and properly diagnose them, with the goal of increasing recognition of the disease in the Americas.

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Received : 16 May 2018
Accepted : 24 May 2018
Published online : 16 Jul 2018

f Melioidosis is in the Americas: A Call to Action for Diagnosing and Treating the Disease

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