ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2016
Land use and soil type determine the presence of the pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei in tropical rivers.
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- Identification of Environmental Determinants Involved in the Distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Southeast Asia using MaxEnt software.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Interaction effects of physicochemical factors on the growth of Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil microcosms.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Exploring the Relationship between Melioidosis Morbidity Rate and Local Environmental Indicators Using Remotely Sensed Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Development of a Novel Internally Controlled HrpB1 Gene-Based Real-Time qPCR Assay for Detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei.Molecular diagnosis & therapy · 2024Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the global prevalence and relationships amongVeterinary world · 2024Article
- Drivers of melioidosis endemicity: epidemiological transition, zoonosis, and climate change.Current opinion in infectious diseases · 2022Review
- Distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei within a 300-cm deep soil profile: implications for environmental sampling.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Co-evolutionary Signals Identify Burkholderia pseudomallei Survival Strategies in a Hostile Environment.Molecular biology and evolution · 2022Article
- Environmental Factors Associated With Soil Prevalence of the Melioidosis PathogenFrontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Using Land Runoff to Survey the Distribution and Genetic Diversity ofApplied and environmental microbiology · 2021Article
- Emergence of Burkholderia pseudomallei Sequence Type 562, Northern Australia.Emerging infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Human Melioidosis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2020Review
- Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is rare but ecologically established and widely dispersed in the environment in Puerto Rico.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Presence ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2019Article
- Rivers as carriers and potential sentinels for Burkholderia pseudomallei in Laos.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Evaluation of consensus method for the culture ofWellcome open research · 2018Article
- Burkholderia pseudomallei in a lowland rice paddy: seasonal changes and influence of soil depth and physico-chemical properties.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- The Role of Climate in the Epidemiology of Melioidosis.Current tropical medicine reports · 2017Review
- Soil Nutrient Depletion Is Associated with the Presence of Burkholderia pseudomallei.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2016Article
- Hydrological Regime and Water Shortage as Drivers of the Seasonal Incidence of Diarrheal Diseases in a Tropical Montane Environment.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
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Abstract
Burkholderia pseudomallei is the bacterium that causes melioidosis in humans. While B. pseudomallei is known to be endemic in South East Asia (SEA), the occurrence of the disease in other parts of the tropics points towards a potentially large global distribution. We investigated the environmental factors that influence the presence (and absence) of B. pseudomallei in a tropical watershed in SEA. Our main objective was to determine whether there is a link between the presence of the organism in the hydrographic network and the upstream soil and land-use type. The presence of B. pseudomallei was determined using a specific quantitative real-time PCR assay following enrichment culture. Land use, soil, geomorphology, and environmental data were then analyzed using partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLSDA) to compare the B. pseudomallei positive and negative sites. Soil type in the surrounding catchment and turbidity had a strong positive influence on the presence (acrisols and luvisols) or absence (ferralsols) of B. pseudomallei. Given the strong apparent links between soil characteristics, water turbidity, and the presence/absence of B. pseudomallei, actions to raise public awareness about factors increasing the risk of exposure should be undertaken in order to reduce the incidence of melioidosis in regions of endemicity.
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