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. 2011 Jul;17(7):1310-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1707.100707.

Melioidosis in Birds and Burkholderia pseudomallei Dispersal, Australia

Vanya Hampton, Mirjam Kaestli, Mark Mayo, Jodie Low Choy, Glenda Harrington, Leisha Richardson, Suresh Benedict, Richard Noske, Stephen T Garnett, Daniel Godoy, Brian G Spratt, Bart J Currie

Melioidosis in Birds and Burkholderia pseudomallei Dispersal, Australia

Vanya Hampton et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jul.
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Images from necropsy of yellow-bibbed lorikeet that died of melioidosis, showing multiple diffuse nodular lesions in the liver (A) and spleen (B). Photographs by Jodie Low Choy.
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