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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2022

Melioidosis in Africa: Time to Raise Awareness and Build Capacity for Its Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

Emma Birnie, Ayorinde James, Folake Peters, Makinwa Olajumoke, Tieble Traore, Eric Bertherat, Trung T Trinh, Dhamari Naidoo, Ivo Steinmetz, W Joost Wiersinga and 2 more

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Phylogenetic and phenotypic characterization ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2024
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  7. The Expanding Global Footprint of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Melioidosis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Emma BirnieDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Center for Experimental Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ayorinde JamesDepartment of Biochemistry, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria.
Folake PetersDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
Makinwa OlajumokeDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
Tieble TraoreWorld Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Dhakar-Hub, Senegal.
Eric BertheratDepartment of Infectious Hazard Management, Health Emergency Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Trung T TrinhVNU Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Dhamari NaidooWorld Health Organization, Abuja, Nigeria.
Ivo SteinmetzInstitute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
W Joost WiersingaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Center for Experimental Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Rita OladeleDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
Alani S AkanmuDepartment of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
Lagos University Teaching Hospital · NGAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLMedical University of Graz · ATNigerian Institute of Medical Research · NGVietnam National University, Hanoi · VNWorld Health Organization · CHWorld Health Organization - Nigeria · NG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melioidosis is a tropical infectious disease caused by the soil-dwelling bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei with a mortality of up to 50% in low resource settings. Only a few cases have been reported from African countries. However, studies on the global burden of melioidosis showed that Africa holds a significant unrecognized disease burden, with Nigeria being at the top of the list. The first World Health Organization African Melioidosis Workshop was organized in Lagos, Nigeria, with representatives of health authorities, microbiology laboratories, and clinical centers from across the continent. Dedicated hands-on training was given on laboratory diagnostics of B. pseudomallei. This report summarises the meeting objectives, including raising awareness of melioidosis and building capacity for the detection, diagnosis, biosafety, treatment, and prevention across Africa. Further, collaboration with regional and international experts provided a platform for sharing ideas on best practices.

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Capacity BuildingCongresses as TopicAfricaBurkholderia pseudomalleiHumansMelioidosisNigeriaWorld Health Organization

Identifiers

PMID35008053
PMCPMC8832903
OpenAlexW4205255626

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