Melioidosis in the Western Indian Ocean and the Importance of Improving Diagnosis, Surveillance, and Molecular Typing

Andriniaina Rakotondrasoa; Mohammad Iqbal Issack; Benoît Garin; Fabrice Biot; Eric Valade; Pierre Wattiau; Nicolas Allou; Olivier Belmonte; Jastin Bibi; Erin P Price; Jean-Marc Collard

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Melioidosis in the Western Indian Ocean and the Importance of Improving Diagnosis, Surveillance, and Molecular Typing

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Melioidosis in the Western Indian Ocean and the Importance of Improving Diagnosis, Surveillance, and Molecular Typing

Andriniaina Rakotondrasoa, Mohammad Iqbal Issack, Benoît Garin, Fabrice Biot, Eric Valade, Pierre Wattiau, Nicolas Allou, Olivier Belmonte, Jastin Bibi, Erin P Price, …

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol.3(1), 30

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3010030

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Abstract

Melioidosis

Burkholderia pseudomallei

western Indian Ocean

diagnosis

MLST

Madagascar

Mauritius

Réunion

Seychelles

Melioidosis, caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an infectious disease of humans or animals, and the specific environmental conditions that are present in western Indian Ocean islands are particularly suitable for the establishment/survival of B. pseudomallei. Indeed, an increasing number of new cases have been reported in this region (Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (France), and Seychelles, except Comoros and Mayotte (France)), and are described in this review. Our review clearly points out that further studies are needed in order to investigate the real incidence and burden of melioidosis in the western Indian Ocean and especially Madagascar, since it is likely to be higher than currently reported. Thus, research and surveillance priorities were recommended (i) to improve awareness of melioidosis in the population and among clinicians; (ii) to improve diagnostics, in order to provide rapid and effective treatment; (iii) to implement a surveillance and reporting system in the western Indian Ocean; and (iv) to investigate the presence of B. pseudomallei in environmental samples, since we have demonstrated its presence in soil samples originating from the yard of a Madagascan case.

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Title: Melioidosis in the Western Indian Ocean and the Importance of Improving Diagnosis, Surveillance, and Molecular Typing
Authors: Andriniaina Rakotondrasoa (Author) - Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Madagascar
Mohammad Iqbal Issack (Author) - Victoria Hospital, Mauritius
Benoît Garin (Author) - Laboratoire Immuno-Hématologie, Guadeloupe
Fabrice Biot (Author)
Eric Valade (Author) - Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, France
Pierre Wattiau (Author) - Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Center, Belgium
Nicolas Allou (Author) - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Félix Guyon, France
Olivier Belmonte (Author) - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Félix Guyon, France
Jastin Bibi (Author) - Ministry of Health, Public Health Department, Seychelles
Erin P Price (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Jean-Marc Collard (Author) - Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Madagascar
Publication details: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol.3(1), 30; 14
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed3010030
ISSN: 2414-6366
Copyright note: Copyright © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451369302621
Output Type: Journal article

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