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Melioidosis in Birds and Burkholderia pseudomallei Dispersal, Australia
1 Jul 2011
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\n \t\t\tTo the Editor: Melioidosis is an emerging infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which inhabits soil and surface water in the disease-endemic regions of Southeast Asia and northern Australia (1). The aim of this study was to assess the potential for birds to spread B. pseudomallei. Birds are known carriers of various human pathogens,...
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