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A highly virulent BA-producing Burkholderia gladioli strain linked to a fatal foodborne outbreak in China, 2020
8 May 2025
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BACKGROUND: Burkholderia gladioli, particularly its pathovar cocovenenans, poses a significant public health threat through the production of bongkrekic acid (BA), a lethal tricarboxylic fatty acid encoded by the bon gene cluster. Despite the rarity of BA-associated outbreaks, historical cases in Asia and Mozambique demonstrate mortality rates exceeding 30 %. METHODS: In October 2020, a foodborne outbreak...
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