Melioidosis in Mauritius

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Jan, 2005 by Mohammad Iqbal Issack, Chundr Dutt Bundhun, Hemraj Gokhool

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Address for correspodence: M.I. Isaack. Central Health Laboratory, Victoria Hospital, Candos, Mauritius: fax: 230 4245848: email: missack&intnet.mu

Mohammad Iqbal Issack, * Chundr Dutt Bundhun, * and Hemraj Gokhool *

* Victoria Hospital, Candos, Mauritius

Dr. Issack trained as a clinical microbiologist. He has been head of the bacteriology section at the Central Health Laboratory of the Ministry of Health in Mauritius since 1997. His main interests include the epidemiology of infectious diseases and antimicrobial drug resistance.