ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2013
Melioidosis from contaminated bore water and successful UV sterilization.
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- Effectiveness of a multifaceted prevention programme for melioidosis in diabetics (PREMEL): A stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Trial
- Pediatric Melioidosis in Central India: A Clinico-Epidemiological Study From a Landlocked Region.Cureus · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of Burkholderia pseudomallei, Streptococcus suis, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp. and Vibrio spp. infections in 111 hospitals in Thailand, 2022.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Melioidosis in Patients with COVID-19 Exposed to Contaminated Tap Water, Thailand, 2021.Emerging infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Clinical Manifestations and Genomic Evaluation of Melioidosis Outbreak among Children after Sporting Event, Australia.Emerging infectious diseases · 2023Review
- The effect of climate on melioidosis incidence in Townsville, Australia: a dry tropical region.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Prevention of melioidosis.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Review
- Burden of melioidosis in India and South Asia: Challenges and ways forward.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2022Review
- Human Melioidosis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2020Review
- Opportunistic pathogens and large microbial diversity detected in source-to-distribution drinking water of three remote communities in Northern Australia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Presence ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2019Article
- Melioidosis: An Australian Perspective.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2018Review
- Melioidosis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2018Review
- Hydrological connectivity and Burkholderia pseudomallei prevalence in wetland environments: investigating rice-farming community's risk of exposure to melioidosis in North-East Thailand.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2017Article
- Burkholderia pseudomallei Genotype Distribution in the Northern Territory, Australia.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2016Article
- Tracing melioidosis back to the source: using whole-genome sequencing to investigate an outbreak originating from a contaminated domestic water supply.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2015Article
- New insights from the 7th World Melioidosis Congress 2013.Emerging infectious diseases · 2014Article
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Abstract
Two cases of melioidosis at a residence in rural northern Australia were linked to the unchlorinated domestic bore (automated well) water supply, which was found to have a high concentration of Burkholderia pseudomallei. Using multilocus sequence typing, clinical B. pseudomallei isolates from both cases were identical to an isolate from the bore water supply. A simple UV sterilizer reduced B. pseudomallei from the domestic water supply to undetectable levels. We have shown that UV treatment is highly effective for remediation of water contaminated with B. pseudomallei and recommend its consideration in households where individuals may be at heightened risk of contracting melioidosis.
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