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Increased Neurotropic Threat from Burkholderia pseudomallei Strains with a B. mallei-like Variation in the bimA Motility Gene, Australia.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2017
Morris Jodie L, Fane Anne, Sarovich Derek S, Price Erin P, Rush Catherine M, Govan Brenda L, Parker Elizabeth, Mayo Mark, Currie Bart J, Ketheesan Natkunam
Abstract excerpt
Neurologic melioidosis is a serious, potentially fatal form of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection. Recently, we reported that a subset of clinical isolates of B. pseudomallei from Australia have heightened virulence and potential for dissemination to the central nervous system. In this study, we demonstrate that this subset has a B. mallei-like sequence variation of the actin-based motility gene, bimA. Compared...
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