What drives the occurrence of the melioidosis bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei in domestic gardens?

• Main Authors: Mirjam Kaestli (Author), Glenda Harrington (Author), Mark Mayo (Author), Mark D Chatfield (Author), Ian Harrington (Author), Audrey Hill (Author), Niels Munksgaard (Author), Karen Gibb (Author), Bart J Currie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Melioidosis is an often fatal infectious disease affecting humans and animals in tropical regions and is caused by the saprophytic environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Domestic gardens are not only a common source of exposure to soil and thus to B. pseudomallei, but they also have been...