The Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study

• Main Author: Currie BJ
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Burkholderia pseudomallei; Genome; Bacterial; Incidence; Melioidosis; Middle Aged; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Northern Territory - epidemiology; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Whole Genome Sequencing; Melioidosis - epidemiology; Melioidosis - mortality; Menzies; First Nations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10137/12313; https://researchers.cdu.edu.au/en/studentTheses/the-darwin-prospective-melioidosis-study %7C Click here for thesis

The Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study (DPMS) commenced on October 1st, 1989. Over 30 years to September 30th, 2019, there were 1148 individuals with Burkholderia pseudomallei culture-positive melioidosis, of whom 133 (12%) died. Median age was 50 years (IQR 38–60), 48 (4%) study participants were...