Barriers and Recommended Interventions to Prevent Melioidosis in Northeast Thailand: A Focus Group Study Using the Behaviour Change Wheel.

• Auteurs principaux: Pornpan Suntornsut (Auteur), Nittayasee Wongsuwan (Auteur), Mayura Malasit (Auteur), Rungreung Kitphati (Auteur), Susan Michie (Auteur), Sharon J Peacock (Auteur), Direk Limmathurotsakul (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Melioidosis, an often fatal infectious disease in Northeast Thailand, is caused by skin inoculation, inhalation or ingestion of the environmental bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. The major underlying risk factor for melioidosis is diabetes mellitus. Recommendations for melioidosis pr...