HighlightsProMED would be used to assess the reliability of the data of emerging infectious diseases, such as melioidosis.The study evaluated the effectiveness of ProMED as a source of epidemiological data by focusing on melioidosis.This work identified 4630 cases of melioidosis with an overall case fatality rate of 11%, mainly reported from Australia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and Malaysia.Although certain areas need to be improved, ProMED provided good information about melioidosis.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.