Land use and soil type determine the presence of the pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei in tropical rivers.
Burkholderia pseudomallei is the bacterium that causes melioidosis in humans. While B. pseudomallei is known to be endemic in South East Asia (SEA), the occurrence of the disease in other parts of the tropics points towards a potentially large global distribution. We investigated the environmental f...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2016
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