Identification of Burkholderia thailandensis with novel genotypes in the soil of central Sierra Leone.

• Main Authors: Emma Birnie (Author), Senne van 't Hof (Author), Anne Bijnsdorp (Author), Yembeh Mansaray (Author), Erdi Huizenga (Author), Arie van der Ende (Author), Floor Hugenholtz (Author), Martin P Grobusch (Author), W Joost Wiersinga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The soil-dwelling bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei is the etiological-agent of the neglected and life-threatening emerging infection melioidosis. The distribution of B. pseudomallei in West Africa is unknown. In the present study we aimed to determine whether B. pseu...