Suspected glanders is melioidosis – DOH
THE Department of Agriculture (DA), through its Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), is closely coordinating with the Department of Health (DOH) following the confirmation of melioidosis cases in humans, initially diagnosed as glanders disease, in Siquijor. The zoonotic disease caused by the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is rare but potentially deadly, the DOH said. Melioidosis … Read more