Alfred Whitmore and the Discovery of Melioidosis
We review the discovery of the tropical infectious disease melioidosis by Alfred Whitmore, a pathologist from England, and his assistant from India, C.S. Krishnaswami. We discuss how the subsequent disappearance of melioidosis from the medical literature of Burma holds parallels with the current ne...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2024-04-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/4/23-0693_article |