Unprecedented melioidosis cases in northern Australia caused by an Asian Burkholderia pseudomallei strain identified by using large-scale comparative genomics

• Main Authors: Price, E.P, Sarovich, D.S., Smith, E.J., MacHunter, B., Harrington, G., Theobald, V., Hall, C.M, Hornstra, H.M, McRobb, E., Podin, Y., Mayo, M., Sahl, J.W, Wagner, D.M, Keim, P., Kaestli, Mirjam, Currie, B.J
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; QR180 Immunology; QR355 Virology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12096/1/Unprecedented%20Melioidosis%20Cases%20in%20Northern%20Australia%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12096/; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84957711083&partnerID=40&md5=f62b100e6a2b70c48cbbcd7179f4e155
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Melioidosis is a disease of humans and animals that is caused by the saprophytic bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Once thought to be confined to certain locations, the known presence of B. pseudomallei is expanding as more regions of endemicity are uncovered. There is no vaccine for melioidosis,...