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Editorial
. 2018 Jan 29;3(1):13.
doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3010013.

Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis

David Ab Dance  1   2   3 , Direk Limmathurotsakul  4   5   6
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Editorial

Global Burden and Challenges of Melioidosis

David Ab Dance et al. Trop Med Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Melioidosis, an infectious disease caused by the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, has remained in the shadows for far too long[...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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