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| Title |
Global and regional dissemination and evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei
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| Published in |
Nature Microbiology, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.263 |
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| Authors |
Claire Chewapreecha, Matthew T. G. Holden, Minna Vehkala, Niko Välimäki, Zhirong Yang, Simon R. Harris, Alison E. Mather, Apichai Tuanyok, Birgit De Smet, Simon Le Hello, Chantal Bizet, Mark Mayo, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, Brian G. Spratt, Jukka Corander, Paul Keim, Gordon Dougan, David A. B. Dance, Bart J. Currie, Julian Parkhill, Sharon J. Peacock |
| Abstract |
The environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei causes an estimated 165,000 cases of human melioidosis per year worldwide and is also classified as a biothreat agent. We used whole genome sequences of 469 B. pseudomallei isolates from 30 countries collected over 79 years to explore its geographic transmission. Our data point to Australia as an early reservoir, with transmission to Southeast Asia followed by onward transmission to South Asia and East Asia. Repeated reintroductions were observed within the Malay Peninsula and between countries bordered by the Mekong River. Our data support an African origin of the Central and South American isolates with introduction of B. pseudomallei into the Americas between 1650 and 1850, providing a temporal link with the slave trade. We also identified geographically distinct genes/variants in Australasian or Southeast Asian isolates alone, with virulence-associated genes being among those over-represented. This provides a potential explanation for clinical manifestations of melioidosis that are geographically restricted. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 20% |
| United States | 3 | 15% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Argentina | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 11 | 55% |
| Members of the public | 8 | 40% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 136 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 134 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 23% |
| Researcher | 27 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 17 | 13% |
| Unknown | 26 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 31 | 23% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 24 | 18% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 16 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 10% |
| Unknown | 32 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 December 2023.
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