melioidosis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of melioidosis
1920–25; < Greek mēlí ( s ) glanders, or a similar distemper affecting asses + -oid + -osis
Example Sentences
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To assess the efficacy of the test, the team collected clinical samples from 114 patients with melioidosis and 216 patients without the disease at Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital, a hospital in northeast Thailand where melioidosis is endemic.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024
Plus, members of the team will begin investigating the role of human genetics in susceptibility and immune response to melioidosis infection.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024
Cases of melioidosis have also been linked to imported contaminated commercial products from disease-endemic countries.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2022
Most healthy people who come into contact will not develop the serious illness called melioidosis, which can be treated with antibiotics.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2022
The environmental sampling in Mississippi was conducted after two patients in the area received diagnoses of melioidosis, two years apart — one in July 2020, the other in May 2022.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2022
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