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The type II O‐antigenic polysaccharide moiety of <i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i> lipopolysaccharide is required for serum resistance and virulence
1 Dec 1998
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Melioidosis, an infection caused by the gram-negative bacterial pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei, is endemic in south-east Asia and northern Australia. Acute septicaemic melioidosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in north-east Thailand. B. pseudomallei is highly resistant to the bactericidal activity of normal human serum (NHS), and we have found that B. pseudomallei 1026b multiplies in...
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