Intensity of rainfall and severity of melioidosis, Australia - Research

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Dec, 2003 by Bart J. Currie, Susan P. Jacups

Dr. Currie is an infectious diseases physician at Royal Darwin Hospital, head of the Infectious Diseases Program at the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, and head of the Biomedical Program of the Australian government-funded Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health. His clinical and research interests focus on tropical diseases in northern Australia and the region, including melioidosis, rheumatic fever and streptococcal infections, scabies, and snakebite and jellyfish toxinology.

Ms. Jacups is a clinical and public health nurse with experience working in remote indigenous Australian communities. She coordinates data collection and analysis for the prospective Darwin melioidosis study.

Address for correspondence: Bart Carrie, Menzies School of Health Research, P.O. Box 41096 Casuarina, Northern Territory 0811, Australia; fax: 61-8-89275187; email: bart@menzies.edu.au