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SUBMITTER: Win TT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6473437 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tropical medicine and infectious disease 20190104 1
Melioidosis is a frequently fatal infectious disease caused by the Gram negative bacillus <i>Burkholderia pseudomallei.</i> Although it was originally discovered in Myanmar, the disease disappeared from sight for many decades. This study focuses on detection of <i>B. pseudomallei</i> in soil in selected sampling sites in an attempt to start to fill the gaps in the current status of our knowledge of the geographical distribution of <i>B. pseudomallei</i> in soil in Myanmar. This cross-sectional s ...[more]