Glanders is an infectious disease of equines that can be transmitted to humans. It is usually an occupational disease, affecting individuals in contact with infected animals such as veterinarians, grooms, and farmers. The causative agent of glanders is Burkholderia mallei, a gram-negative aerobic bacterium. In equines and humans, B. mallei infection can present as either nasal-pulmonary infections (glanders) or cutaneous infections (farcy).
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases
1B92 Glanders
H00316 Glanders
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by beta proteobacteria
H00316 Glanders
Infectious diseases by law in Japan [br08406.html]
H00316
Specified pathogens by law in Japan [br08416.html]
H00316
