Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2020)

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.191577
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 11
pp. 2773 – 2775

Abstract

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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.

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