Airborne Transmission of Melioidosis to Humans from Environmental Aerosols Contaminated with B. pseudomallei.

Melioidosis results from an infection with the soil-borne pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei, and cases of melioidosis usually cluster after rains or a typhoon. In an endemic area of Taiwan, B. pseudomallei is primarily geographically distributed in cropped fields in the northwest of this area, wher...

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Published in:	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Main Authors:	Pei-Shih Chen, Yao-Shen Chen, Hsi-Hsun Lin, Pei-Ju Liu, Wei-Fan Ni, Pei-Tan Hsueh, Shih-Hsiung Liang, Chialin Chen, Ya-Lei Chen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-06-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4462588?pdf=render