Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Department of Pathology, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Aug 24;17(8):e0011550. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011550. eCollection 2023 Aug.
Recently, the pathogen that causes melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei, was found in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi, United States of America, associated with human cases and as bacteria in the soil of affected areas. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared the pathogen as endemic in the continental United States for the first time. This viewpoint discusses some issues that the research, public health communities, and government agencies need to address.
最近,导致类鼻疽病的病原体伯克霍尔德菌假单胞菌在美国密西西比州墨西哥湾沿岸地区被发现,与人类病例以及受影响地区土壤中的细菌有关。因此,疾病控制与预防中心首次宣布该病原体在美国大陆流行。本文观点讨论了研究人员、公共卫生界和政府机构需要解决的一些问题。