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A new study investigating how rainfall drives the mobilisation of clinically relevant Burkholderia pseudomallei in a groundwater-connected urban creek in Northern Australia, with implications for understanding environmental exposure risk for melioidosis.

Written by Kaitlin Janssen-Groesbeek et al.

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Rainfall-Driven Mobilisation of Clinically Relevant Burkholderia pseudomallei in a Groundwater-Connected Urban Creek, Northern Australia Burkholderia pseudomallei is a saprophytic environmental bacterium and the causative agent of melioidosis, a serious opportunistic infection in tropical regions, including northern Australia. Infection occurs following environmental exposure via percutaneous inoculation, ingestion, or inhalation; ho...