Burkholderia pseudomallei is spatially distributed in soil in northeast Thailand.

• Main Authors: Direk Limmathurotsakul (Author), Vanaporn Wuthiekanun (Author), Narisara Chantratita (Author), Gumphol Wongsuvan (Author), Premjit Amornchai (Author), Nicholas P J Day (Author), Sharon J Peacock (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Melioidosis is a frequently fatal infectious disease caused by the soil dwelling Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Environmental sampling is important to identify geographical distribution of the organism and related risk of infection to humans and livestock. The aim of this study w...