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FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1045088
Keywords
melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Sri Lanka; natural water; environment
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This study provides evidence for the presence of Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil and water in Sri Lanka. It highlights the risk of melioidosis for populations using contaminated water sources and cultivating crops in these areas. Identifying positive sites can help raise public awareness and facilitate remediation efforts.
Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of the potentially fatal infection, melioidosis. This study provides the first evidence for the presence of B. pseudomallei in soil and water in Sri Lanka. Targeted sampling of soil and natural water sources was done between November 2019 and October 2020 over eight field visits encompassing the neighborhood of 28 culture and/or antibody-positive melioidosis patients in northwestern, western and southern Sri Lanka. A total of eight environmental isolates of B. pseudomallei (BPs-env1 to BPs-env8) were cultured from 116 soil and 117 natural water samples collected from 72 locations. The presence of B. pseudomallei in soil and natural water in these areas poses a risk of melioidosis for populations cultivating crops in such soils and using untreated water from these sources for drinking, bathing, and other domestic purposes. Identifying sites positive for B. pseudomallei may help to mitigate risk by raising public awareness of contaminated environmental sources and allowing soil and water remediation.
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