Situation of Melioidosis in Tuaran (2017)

Marilyn Maluda; Noraziah B. Bakri

doi:10.51200/bjms.vi1.1362

Situation of Melioidosis in Tuaran (2017)

Authors

Marilyn Maluda Master of Public Health (MPH)
Noraziah B. Bakri

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https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.1362

Abstract

Background: Melioidosis an infectious disease caused by gram-negative bacteria, Burkholderia pseudomallei is highly endemic in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and parts of northern Australia. The district of Tuaran which is located on the west coast of Sabah had reported an increasing trend of Melioidosis cases where in 2017, a total of 19 cases were reported, more than doubling the number of cases reported the prior year (7 cases).

Author Biographies

Marilyn Maluda, Master of Public Health (MPH)

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Noraziah B. Bakri

Tuaran District Health Office, Tuaran, Sabah

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2018-09-21

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Maluda, M., & Bakri, N. B. (2018). Situation of Melioidosis in Tuaran (2017). Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), (1), 13. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.1362

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2018: BORNEO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (BJMS), (Suppl.), SEPTEMBER 2018

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