Prevalence and Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Near-Neighbor Species in the Malabar Coastal Region of India.

Accurate identification of pathogens with biowarfare importance requires detection tools that specifically differentiate them from near-neighbor species. Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of a fatal disease melioidosis, is one such biothreat agent whose differentiation from its near-nei...

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Main Authors: Bhavani V Peddayelachagiri, Soumya Paul, Sowmya Nagaraj, Madhurjya Gogoi, Murali H Sripathy, Harsh V Batra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-09-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5025242?pdf=render