Burkholderia pseudomallei: Its Detection in Soil and Seroprevalence in Bangladesh.

• Main Authors: Md Shariful Alam Jilani (Author), Jamshedul Alam Mohammad Robayet (Author), Md Mohiuddin (Author), Md Rokib Hasan (Author), Chowdhury Rafiqul Ahsan (Author), Jalaluddin Ashraful Haq (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Melioidosis, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an endemic disease in Bangladesh. No systematic study has yet been done to detect the environmental source of the organism and its true extent in Bangladesh. The present study attempted to isolate B. pseudomallei in soil samples and to...