Internal medicine

Pathology

Tropical disease

Disease

Population

Bacteria

Biology

Socioeconomic status

Neglected tropical diseases

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Melioidosis

Genetics

Medicine

Environmental health

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

There is growing recognition of the contribution of the social determinants of health to the burden of many infectious diseases. However, the relationship between socioeconomic status and the incidence and outcome of melioidosis is incompletely defined.

Melioidosis–a disease of socioeconomic disadvantage