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. 2021 Dec;27(12):3182-3184.
doi: 10.3201/eid2712.211816.

Subclinical Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Associated with Travel to the British Virgin Islands

Courtney M Dewart, Francisco A Almeida, Christine Koval, Scott Nowicki, Jay E Gee, Mindy Glass Elrod, Christopher A Gulvik, Johanna S Salzer, Sietske de Fijter, Lindy Liu

Subclinical Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Associated with Travel to the British Virgin Islands

Courtney M Dewart et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Dec.

Abstract

Phylogenetic analysis of a clinical isolate associated with subclinical Burkholderia pseudomallei infection revealed probable exposure in the British Virgin Islands, where reported infections are limited. Clinicians should consider this geographic distribution when evaluating possible infection among persons with compatible travel history.

Keywords: British Virgin Islands; Burkholderia; Burkholderia pseudomallei; bacteria; melioidosis; molecular epidemiology; travel medicine.

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Dendrogram of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolated in a patient who traveled to the British Virgin Islands, 2018. Bold text indicates patient isolate; reference genomes predominantly are from the Western Hemisphere. The tree was generated by using MEGA 7.0 software (http://www.megasoftware.net). Single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis was performed by using Parsnp in the Harvest 1.3 package (https://github.com/marbl/harvest). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.
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