- Abstract:
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Melioidosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Southeast Asia, where the causative organism (Burkholderia pseudomallei) is present in the soil. In the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos), B. pseudomallei is a significant cause of sepsis around the capital, Vientiane, and has been isolated in soil near the city, adjacent to the Mekong River. We explored whether B. pseudomallei occurs in Lao soil distant from the Mekong River, drawing three axes across northwest, northeast, and ...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Journal:
- Applied and environmental microbiology
- Volume:
- 77
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 532-536
- Publication date:
- 2011-01-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1098-5336
- ISSN:
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0099-2240
- URN:
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uuid:36b484f1-ae81-49cb-8f28-ec0d78927039
- Source identifiers:
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94193
- Local pid:
- pubs:94193
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 2011
Journal article
Randomized soil survey of the distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in rice fields in Laos.
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