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Phylogeography of Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates, Western Hemisphere.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2017
Gee Jay E, Gulvik Christopher A, Elrod Mindy G, Batra Dhwani, Rowe Lori A, Sheth Mili, Hoffmaster Alex R
Abstract excerpt
The bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei causes melioidosis, which is mainly associated with tropical areas. We analyzed single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) among genome sequences from isolates of B. pseudomallei that originated in the Western Hemisphere by comparing them with genome sequences of isolates that originated in the Eastern Hemisphere. Analysis indicated that isolates from the Western Hemisphere...
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