Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil, US Virgin Islands, 2019

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Stone, Nathan E. ; Hall, Carina M. ; Browne, A. Springer ; Sahl, Jason W. ; Hutton, Shelby M. ; Santana-Propper, Ella ; Celona, Kimberly R. ; Guendel, Irene ; Harrison, Cosme J. ; Gee, Jay E. ; Elrod, Mindy G. ; Busch, Joseph D. ; Hoffmaster, Alex R. ; Ellis, Esther M. ; Wagner, David M.
• Description:
  The distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in the Caribbean is poorly understood. We isolated B. pseudomallei from US Virgin Islands soil. The soil isolate was genetically similar to other isolates from the Caribbean, suggesting that B. pseudomallei might have been introduced to the islands multiple times through severe weather events.
• Subjects:
  Burkholderia Pseudomallei/genetics Humans Islands Melioidosis/epidemiology Phylogeny Soil Microbiology
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(11):2773-2775
• Pubmed ID:
  33079041
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7588534
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  United States Virgin Islands
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:35982377adb332fb35b4cdc62aa9d67c76b1d3d5740e749fc2fc33f9c6485c8a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/96896/cdc_96896_DS1.pdf
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