Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis

This book is the definitive reference regarding the global status of melioidosis in 2018. Melioidosis is one of the most neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), so much so that it is not even included in the WHO list of NTDs. Yet modeling suggests that it kills more people worldwide every year than dise...

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Main Authors: Dance, David AB, Limmathurotsakul, Direk
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