Melioidosis: Clinical impact and public health threat in the tropics

Ramar Perumal Samy; Bradley G. Stiles; Gautam Sethi; Lina H. K. Lim

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004738

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Melioidosis: Clinical impact and public health threat in the tropics

Ramar Perumal Samy ,

* E-mail: phsrp@nus.edu.sg, rperumalsamy@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation Department of Physiology, NUS Immunology Programme, Centre for Life Sciences, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System (NUHS), National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Bradley G. Stiles,

Current address: Department of Biology, Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Integrated Toxicology Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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Gautam Sethi,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUHS, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Lina H. K. Lim

Affiliation Department of Physiology, NUS Immunology Programme, Centre for Life Sciences, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System (NUHS), National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Melioidosis: Clinical impact and public health threat in the tropics

Ramar Perumal Samy,
Bradley G. Stiles,
Gautam Sethi,
Lina H. K. Lim

Published: May 11, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004738

About the Authors

Ramar Perumal Samy

* E-mail: phsrp@nus.edu.sg, rperumalsamy@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation Department of Physiology, NUS Immunology Programme, Centre for Life Sciences, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System (NUHS), National University of Singapore, Singapore

Bradley G. Stiles

Current address: Department of Biology, Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Integrated Toxicology Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Gautam Sethi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUHS, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Lina H. K. Lim

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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