Activities of daily living associated with acquisition of melioidosis in northeast Thailand: a matched case-control study.

• Main Authors: Direk Limmathurotsakul (Author), Manas Kanoksil (Author), Vanaporn Wuthiekanun (Author), Rungrueng Kitphati (Author), Bianca deStavola (Author), Nicholas P J Day (Author), Sharon J Peacock (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Melioidosis is a serious infectious disease caused by the Category B select agent and environmental saprophyte, Burkholderia pseudomallei. Most cases of naturally acquired infection are assumed to result from skin inoculation after exposure to soil or water. The aim of this study was to provide evid...