Global and regional dissemination and evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei.
The environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei causes an estimated 165,000 cases of human melioidosis per year worldwide, and is also classified as a biothreat agent. We used whole genome sequences of 469 B. pseudomallei isolates from 30 countries collected over 79 years to explore its geogra...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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