Airborne Transmission of Melioidosis to Humans from Environmental Aerosols Contaminated with B. pseudomallei.

• Main Authors: Pei-Shih Chen (Author), Yao-Shen Chen (Author), Hsi-Hsun Lin (Author), Pei-Ju Liu (Author), Wei-Fan Ni (Author), Pei-Tan Hsueh (Author), Shih-Hsiung Liang (Author), Chialin Chen (Author), Ya-Lei Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Melioidosis results from an infection with the soil-borne pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei, and cases of melioidosis usually cluster after rains or a typhoon. In an endemic area of Taiwan, B. pseudomallei is primarily geographically distributed in cropped fields in the northwest of this area, wher...