MELIOIDOSIS : A Hidden Danger Beneath Our Feet
Melioidosis is a serious disease caused by a bacterium found in soil and water, called Burkholderia pseudomallei. It can infect both humans and animals. The illness was first recognized in Rangoon in 1912 as a condition that looked like glanders, a disease in horses and donkeys. A year later, a...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en |
| Published: |
UNIMAS Publisher
2025
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/51425/1/ATRIA%20MEDICAL%20FMHS%2C%20no.3%2C%20Dis.2025%20-%20Copy.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/51425/ https://www.fmhs.unimas.my/myfmhs/faculty-publication |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | Melioidosis is a serious disease caused by a bacterium
found in soil and water, called Burkholderia
pseudomallei. It can infect both humans and animals.
The illness was first recognized in Rangoon in 1912 as a
condition that looked like glanders, a disease in horses
and donkeys. A year later, an outbreak struck
laboratory animals in Kuala Lumpur. By 1921, it was
named “melioidosis” because of its similarity to
donkey glanders. |
|---|