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Genomic Diversity of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Ceara, Brazil.
mSphere - 3 Feb 2021
Gee Jay E, Gulvik Christopher A, Castelo-Branco Debora S C M, Sidrim José J C, Rocha Marcos F G, Cordeiro Rossana A, Brilhante Raimunda S N, Bandeira Tereza J P G, Patrício Iracema, Alencar Lucas P, da Costa Ribeiro Ana Karoline, Sheth Mili, Deka Mark A, Hoffmaster Alex R, Rolim Dionne
Abstract excerpt
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes the sapronotic disease melioidosis. An outbreak in 2003 in the state of Ceara, Brazil, resulted in subsequent surveillance and environmental sampling which led to the recognition of B. pseudomallei as an endemic pathogen in that area. From 2003 to 2015, 24 clinical and 12 environmental isolates were collected across Ceara along with one from the...
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