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. 2020 Nov;26(11):2773-2775.
doi: 10.3201/eid2611.191577.

Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil, US Virgin Islands, 2019

Nathan E Stone, Carina M Hall, A Springer Browne, Jason W Sahl, Shelby M Hutton, Ella Santana-Propper, Kimberly R Celona, Irene Guendel, Cosme J Harrison, Jay E Gee, Mindy G Elrod, Joseph D Busch, Alex R Hoffmaster, Esther M Ellis, David M Wagner

Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil, US Virgin Islands, 2019

Nathan E Stone et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Burkholderia pseudomallei; US Virgin Islands; United States; Virgin Islands; bacteria; environmental detection; hurricanes; melioidosis; soil.

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Maximum-likelihood phylogeny of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from patients and the environment in the US Virgin Islands and reference isolates available in GenBank from other countries in the Americas, Africa, and the Caribbean.
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