MELIOIDOSIS: RESULTS OF CENTENARY STUDY, MODERN PROBLEMS AND NEAREST PERSPECTIVES

The paper summarizes the data on scientific investigations of melioidosis from the date of its discovery by A. Whitmore in 1912 up to now. The particular attention has been attracted to the modern conception of epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment of the disease and also ecology of its agent (Burkholderia pseudomallei). The nearest perspectives on organizational, methodical and scientific developments on prophylaxis and treatment of this particularly dangerous infectious diseases are suggested.