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SUBMITTER: Birnie E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6623504 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Birnie Emma E van 't Hof Senne S Bijnsdorp Anne A Mansaray Yembeh Y Huizenga Erdi E van der Ende Arie A Hugenholtz Floor F Grobusch Martin P MP Wiersinga W Joost WJ
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20190614 6
<h4>Background</h4>The soil-dwelling bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei is the etiological-agent of the neglected and life-threatening emerging infection melioidosis. The distribution of B. pseudomallei in West Africa is unknown. In the present study we aimed to determine whether B. pseudomallei and B. thailandensis are present in the environment of central Sierra Leone.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>In June-July 2017, we conducted an environmental surveillance study-designed in accordan ...[more]