The epidemiology and clinical features of melioidosis in the Lao PDR: a 21-year prospective hospital-based cohort study
The Lao Melioidosis Research Group · 2025
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Description
The Lao Melioidosis Research Group reports twenty-one years of cases of a tropical disease in a 2025 study. Melioidosis is caused by a soil and water germ and strikes across Southeast Asia. Laos confirmed its first case in 1999, and better testing since then has found many more patients. Full clinical and population data for the country were still scarce.
The study gathered every lab-confirmed case at hospitals in and around the capital from 1999 to 2020. In all, 1,744 patients tested positive. Most were adults with a median age of fifty, and three quarters fell ill in the rainy season. Diabetes touched nearly half of patients, and almost half carried another long-term illness. The cohort gives Laos a firm baseline for planning care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | The Lao Melioidosis Research Group |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |