Low risk of acquiring melioidosis from the environment in the continental United States.

Low risk of acquiring melioidosis from the environment in the continental United States.

Melioidosis is an underreported human disease of tropical and sub-tropical regions caused by the saprophyte Burkholderia pseudomallei. Although most global melioidosis cases are reported from tropical regions in Southeast Asia and northern Australia, there are multiple occurrences from sub-tropical...

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Main Authors: Carina M Hall, Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Madison Martz, Ella Santana-Propper, Lora Versluis, Laura Jiménez, Abdelghafar Alkishe, Joseph D Busch, Trevor Maness, Jonathan Stewart, Tom Sidwa, Jay E Gee, Mindy G Elrod, Zachary Weiner, Alex R Hoffmaster, Jason W Sahl, Johanna S Salzer, A Townsend Peterson, Amanda Kieffer, David M Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270997

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