Question on B. pseudomallei - imported products and animals

Dear All,

I hope you are faring well.

In the United States we have detected B. pseudomallei associated with imports such as an aromatherapy spray, tropical fish, iguanas, and non-human primates.

We are wondering if in other countries if there is any surveillance work or other protocols to detect B. pseudomallei in imports or if it is even perceived as an issue that should be addressed. If there is un-published recent info on B. pseudomallei in imports in other countries, we would certainly appreciated hearing about your experience.

Best,

Jay

Jay E. Gee, PhD
Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch
Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Atlanta, GA 30329
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Thanking you,

With Kind regards,

Prasanta R Mohapatra, MD, FRCP(London), FRCP (Glasg), FACP(USA), FCCP(USA), FIDSA(USA), ATSF(USA)

Professor and Head,  Dept of Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care, 

AII India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar -751019, India

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prasanta_Mohapatra

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Jay

I am sure you are already be aware of the proposals made by Galimand in relation to tropical fish back in 1981 (Galimand M, Escallier G, Dodin A. Les risques sanitaires de l'importation des Poissons tropicaux. Ref Fr Aquariol. 1981;8(1):19-22).  I have no idea whether these were ever implemented or sustained in France.

After the outbreak in imported primates we had in the UK (Dance DAB et al. An outbreak of melioidosis in imported primates in Britain. The Veterinary

Record. 1992;130(24):525-9) , serological screening was implemented for feral macaques imported into the UK for a while. However, importation of wild-caught macaques was subsequently stopped.

Apart from that I am not aware of any other surveillance of imports, although clearly there may be things going on of which I am not aware and I would also be very interested to hear from others about this.

BW

David

Dear Enoka

I recall you telling me about that coconut fibre export story.

Do you know if the Dutch colleagues confirmed that the isolate was B. pseudomallei? Even more important, was it genotyped to show a link with South Asian strains, as Jay and CDC were able to do to confirm the origins of their 4 reported USA cases? If you have some contact details maybe Joost can chase it up from the Holland end.

The power of genotyping for linking epidemiology is only as good as the availability of a shared global set of genomes for MLST and whole genome sequencing where possible.

Thanks

Bart

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Dear Prasanta, David, Bart and Enoka,

Thank you all very much for sharing your perspectives. We are continuing to assess what may be appropriate here in the U.S. about dealing with imports.

Hopefully with Covid restrictions easing, we will be able to talk in person at future melioidosis meetings.

Best regards,

Jay

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