Melioidosis, Emergent Disease in Panama?

Is Melioidosis a One Health-Neglected Disease in Iran?

According to the several scientific resources, Iran is considered to be among the melioidosis-endemic regions of the world; this is in stark contrast to the domestic stance in Iran, where the risk of melioidosis is speculated only as an emerging infectious disease in a non-endemic area. Recently, we have had devastating flash floods in the most provinces of Iran; the changing of soil structure ...

Equine Melioidosis in Iran

Melioidosis: an emerging infectious disease.

Infectious diseases account for a third of all the deaths in the developing world. Achievements in understanding the basic microbiology, pathogenesis, host defenses and expanded epidemiology of infectious diseases have resulted in better management and reduced mortality. However, an emerging infectious disease, melioidosis, is becoming endemic in the tropical regions of the world and is spreadi...

Cardicac Disease in Seropositive Chagasic Patients in Panama

Numerous investigations have shown that Chagas disease is endemic in most of Panama, mainly in rural areas near the Panama Canal where the specific ecological and epidemiological conditions for transmitting this zoonosis are present.1,2 Despite a relatively low prevalence (1%-3%) compared with other South American countries, it is recognised as a public health problem in several regions of the ...

Cardicac Disease in Seropositive Chagasic Patients in Panama

Numerous investigations have shown that Chagas disease is endemic in most of Panama, mainly in rural areas near the Panama Canal where the specific ecological and epidemiological conditions for transmitting this zoonosis are present.1,2 Despite a relatively low prevalence (1%-3%) compared with other South American countries, it is recognised as a public health problem in several regions of the ...