Diseases

Glanders

A contagious disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans. It is caused by BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI and characterized by ulceration of the respiratory mucosa and an eruption of nodules on the skin.

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A contagious disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans. It is caused by BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI and characterized by ulceration of the respiratory mucosa and an eruption of nodules on the skin.

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Glanders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005896. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005896
  2. Glanders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glanders
  3. Glanders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327005