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ReviewTropical medicine and infectious disease2018

Melioidosis in Singapore: Clinical, Veterinary, and Environmental Perspectives.

Siew Hoon Sim, Catherine Ee Ling Ong, Yunn Hwen Gan, Dongling Wang, Victor Wee Hong Koh, Yian Kim Tan, Michelle Su Yen Wong, Janet Seok Wei Chew, Sian Foong Ling, Brian Zi Yan Tan and 16 more

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Review in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Melioidosis in dogs and cats: 18 cases.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2026
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  6. Burden and Risk Factors of Melioidosis in Southeast Asia: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  7. Humoral Immune Responses toVeterinary sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Siew Hoon SimDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 117510, Singapore. ssiewhoo@dso.org.sg.
Catherine Ee Ling OngDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 117510, Singapore. catong@dso.org.sg.
Yunn Hwen GanDepartment of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore. bchganyh@nus.edu.sg.
Dongling WangDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 117510, Singapore. dongling@dso.org.sg.
Victor Wee Hong KohDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 117510, Singapore. kweehong@dso.org.sg.
Yian Kim TanDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 117510, Singapore. tyiankim@dso.org.sg.
Michelle Su Yen WongDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 117510, Singapore. wsuyen@dso.org.sg.
Janet Seok Wei ChewDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 117510, Singapore. cseokwei@dso.org.sg.
Sian Foong LingDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 117510, Singapore. lsianfoo@dso.org.sg.
Brian Zi Yan TanLaboratories Group, Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore 718827, Singapore. Brian_TAN@ava.gov.sg.
Agnes Zhengyu YeLaboratories Group, Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore 718827, Singapore. agnes_ye@ava.gov.sg.
Patrick Chuan Kiat BayFood Establishment Regulation Group, Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore 608550, Singapore. chuan_kiat@ava.gov.sg.
Wai Kwan WongLaboratories Group, Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore 718827, Singapore. Wong_Wai_Kwan@ava.gov.sg.
Charlene Judith FernandezLaboratories Group, Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore 718827, Singapore. Charlene_FERNANDEZ@ava.gov.sg.ORCID 0000-0003-4591-2874
Shangzhe XieConservation, Research and Veterinary Services, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, Singapore 729826, Singapore. shangzhe.xie@wrs.com.sg.ORCID 0000-0001-7880-5261
Praveena JayarajahConservation, Research and Veterinary Services, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, Singapore 729826, Singapore. praveenajayarajah@yahoo.com.
Tasha TaharConservation, Research and Veterinary Services, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, Singapore 729826, Singapore. tasha.tahar@wrs.com.sg.
Pei Yee OhConservation, Research and Veterinary Services, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, Singapore 729826, Singapore. peiyee.oh@wrs.com.sg.
Sonja LuzConservation, Research and Veterinary Services, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, Singapore 729826, Singapore. sonja.luz@wrs.com.sg.
Jaime Mei Fong ChienDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608, Singapore. Jaime.chien.m.f@singhealth.com.sg.
Thuan Tong TanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608, Singapore. tan.thuan.tong@sgh.com.sg.
Louis Yi Ann ChaiDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore 119228, Singapore. louis_chai@nuhs.edu.sg.
Dale FisherDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore 119228, Singapore. mdcfda@nus.edu.sg.ORCID 0000-0003-2353-2651
Yichun LiuDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 117510, Singapore. lyichun@dso.org.sg.
Jimmy Jin Phang LohDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 117510, Singapore. jimmyloh@dso.org.sg.
Gladys Gek Yen TanDefence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore 117510, Singapore. tgekyen@dso.org.sg.
DSO National Laboratories · SGAgri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore · SGMandai Wildlife GroupNational University of Singapore · SGSingapore General Hospital · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melioidosis is a notifiable infectious disease registered with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA), Singapore. From a clinical perspective, increased awareness of the disease has led to early detection and treatment initiation, thus resulting in decreasing mortality rates in recent years. However, the disease still poses a threat to local pet, zoo and farm animals, where early diagnosis is a challenge. The lack of routine environmental surveillance studies also makes prevention of the disease in animals difficult. To date, there have been no reports that provide a complete picture of how the disease impacts the local human and animal populations in Singapore. Information on the distribution of

Indexed as

B. pseudomalleiclinicalenvironmentalmelioidosisSingaporeveterinary

Identifiers

PMID30274428
PMCPMC6136607
OpenAlexW2790245584

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