Dr David AB Dance
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Bacterial infections in Laos
Laos is seing a growing number of melioidosis, a bacterial infection caused by a bacterium that lived in the environment. Meliolidosis is a disease greatly under-recognised and treatment is specific, making it a major threat to farmers in developing countries. A better understanding of the prevalence of this infection and how it spreads allows us to better target prevention and treatment.
David Dance
Clinical Microbiologist
LOMWRU
David Dance is a Clinical Microbiologist supporting the work of LOMWRU (Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Research Unit) on bacterial infections of importance to public health in Laos.
He is particularly interested in all aspects of melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei infection), especially gaining a greater understanding of the global distribution of the disease and the environmental factors that underpin its distribution.
Other interests include:
- aetiology of bacteraemia, pneumonia, meningitis and endocarditis
- antimicrobial resistance
- typhoid and other Salmonella and Shigella infections
- streptococcal infections, including pneumococci, Strep. suis and and Group A streptococci.
Recent publications
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Evolutionary histories and antimicrobial resistance in Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei in Southeast Asia
Chung The H. et al, (2021), Communications Biology, 4
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Impact of delays to incubation and storage temperature on blood culture results: a multi-centre study
Ling CL. et al, (2021), BMC Infectious Diseases, 21
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Evaluation strategies for measuring pneumococcal conjugate vaccine impact in low-resource settings.
von Mollendorf C. et al, (2021), Expert review of vaccines
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Observational study of adult respiratory infections in primary care clinics in Myanmar: understanding the burden of melioidosis, tuberculosis and other infections not covered by empirical treatment regimes
Warrell CE. et al, (2021), Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 115, 914 - 921
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Enhanced melioidosis surveillance in patients attending four tertiary hospitals in Yangon, Myanmar
Win MM. et al, (2021), Epidemiology and Infection, 1 - 23