Socio-epidemiological and land cover risk factors for melioidosis in Kedah, Northern Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Melioidosis, a fatal infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, is increasingly diagnosed in tropical regions. However, data on risk factors and the geographic epidemiology of the disease are still limited. Previous studies have also largely been based on the analysis of case series data. Here, we undertook a more definitive hospital-based matched case-control study coupled with spatial analysis to identify demographic, socioeconomic and landscape risk factors for bacteremic melioidosis in the Kedah region of northern Malaysia.

Methodology/principal findings

We obtained patient demographic and residential information and clinical presentation and medical history data from 254 confirmed melioidosis cases and 384 matched controls attending Hospital Sult

SUBMITTER: Abu Hassan MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6438580 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature