Prevalence and Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Near-Neighbor Species in the Malabar Coastal Region of India.

• Main Authors: Bhavani V Peddayelachagiri (Author), Soumya Paul (Author), Sowmya Nagaraj (Author), Madhurjya Gogoi (Author), Murali H Sripathy (Author), Harsh V Batra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Accurate identification of pathogens with biowarfare importance requires detection tools that specifically differentiate them from near-neighbor species. Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of a fatal disease melioidosis, is one such biothreat agent whose differentiation from its near-nei...