Characteristics, properties and uses of tim bers, vol. 1. Southeast Asia, Northern Australia and the Pacific. W. G. Keating and E. Bolza, xxx + 362 pp., 22 colour plates, 1983. Texas A ' M University Press, Drawer C, College Station. Price: US$ 39.50 (hard back).

Introduction. Melioidosis is a severe infection disease with the high mortality rate due to saprophytic bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. For the time present, the area of the distribution of the pathogen is much wider than in the case of the traditionally endemic Southeast Asia and Northern Australia and covers the humid tropics and subtropics of all continents. Methods. The search for data and analysis of disease cases in non-endemic areas for the period from 2003 to April 2017. Results. Over the past 15 years, 120 cases of melioidosis in non-endemic countries were described, that is 5,5 times higher than in the same previous period. There is no direct dependence of infection probability on the age and risk factors, but the presence of diabetes or chronic diseases doubles the risk of a fatal outcome of melioidosis. Southeast Asia still prevails as the origin of infection (62.5% of cases), however, the number of imported cases of melioidosis from Mexico, the Caribbean, South America, East Africa, Madagascar, China and the Pacific region begins to increase.

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ACTUAL ISSUES OF MODERN EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MELIOIDOSIS: A LITERATURE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF IMPORTED CASES TO NON-ENDEMIC REGIONS

Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases (Russian Journal) ◽

10.18821/1560-9529-2019-23-3-126-133 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 126-133

Author(s):

Irina B. Zakharova

Keyword(s):

Southeast Asia ◽

Burkholderia Pseudomallei ◽

Fatal Outcome ◽

Severe Infection ◽

Northern Australia ◽

The Past ◽

The Pacific ◽

Imported Cases ◽

Infection Disease ◽

The Caribbean

Introduction. Melioidosis is a severe infection disease with the high mortality rate due to saprophytic bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. For the time present, the area of the distribution of the pathogen is much wider than in the case of the traditionally endemic Southeast Asia and Northern Australia and covers the humid tropics and subtropics of all continents. Methods. The search for data and analysis of disease cases in non-endemic areas for the period from 2003 to April 2017. Results. Over the past 15 years, 120 cases of melioidosis in non-endemic countries were described, that is 5,5 times higher than in the same previous period. There is no direct dependence of infection probability on the age and risk factors, but the presence of diabetes or chronic diseases doubles the risk of a fatal outcome of melioidosis. Southeast Asia still prevails as the origin of infection (62.5% of cases), however, the number of imported cases of melioidosis from Mexico, the Caribbean, South America, East Africa, Madagascar, China and the Pacific region begins to increase.

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Rattus exulans (Pacific rat).

10.1079/cpc.46834.20210099928 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Aaron Shiels

Keyword(s):

Southeast Asia ◽

Bird Species ◽

Tropical Pacific ◽

Pacific Basin ◽

The Past ◽

The Pacific ◽

Ground Nesting ◽

The Tropical Pacific

Abstract The Pacific rat, R. exulans, is an major agricultural and environmental pest in parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Thought to have spread with Polynesian colonists over the past several thousand years, it is now found through much of the Pacific basin, and is extensively distributed in the tropical Pacific. It poses a significant threat to indigenous wildlife, particularly ground-nesting birds, and has been linked to the extinction of several bird species. R. exulans may also transmit diseases to humans.

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