Alfred Whitmore and the Discovery of Melioidosis

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Savelkoel, Jelmer ; Dance, David A.B.
• Description:
  We review the discovery of the tropical infectious disease melioidosis by Alfred Whitmore, a pathologist from England, and his assistant from India, C.S. Krishnaswami. We discuss how the subsequent disappearance of melioidosis from the medical literature of Burma holds parallels with the current neglect and under recognition of the disease. We urge global and national public health authorities to add melioidosis to existing neglected tropical diseases surveillance systems.
• Subjects:
  Alfred Whitmore And The Discovery Of Melioidosis Health Belief Model Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Jails Mpox (monkeypox)
• Keywords:
  Bacteria Burkholderia Pseudomallei History Melioidosis
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(4):752-756
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10977855
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Whitmore, Alfred.
• Genre:
  Historical Review
• Place as Subject:
  Iillinois
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5aff66da564eb5a479729eef51299b3ff7ae1614def333a672df18864878d446
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/152930/cdc_152930_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.43 MB ]