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Unprecedented Melioidosis Cases in Northern Australia Caused by an Asian Burkholderia pseudomallei Strain Identified by Using Large-Scale Comparative Genomics.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2016
Price Erin P, Sarovich Derek S, Smith Emma J, MacHunter Barbara, Harrington Glenda, Theobald Vanessa, Hall Carina M, Hornstra Heidie M, McRobb Evan, Podin Yuwana, Mayo Mark, Sahl Jason W, Wagner David M, Keim Paul, Kaestli Mirjam, Currie Bart J
Abstract excerpt
Melioidosis is a disease of humans and animals that is caused by the saprophytic bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Once thought to be confined to certain locations, the known presence of B. pseudomallei is expanding as more regions of endemicity are uncovered. There is no vaccine for melioidosis, and even with antibiotic administration, the mortality rate is as high as 40% in some regions that are endemic for...
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