Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Melioidosis in Birds and Burkholderia pseudomallei Dispersal, Australia

Vanya Hampton¹, Mirjam Kaestli¹, Mark Mayo, Jodie Low Choy, Glenda Harrington, Leisha Richardson, Suresh Benedict, Richard Noske, Stephen T. Garnett, Daniel Godoy, Brian G. Spratt, and Bart J. Currie

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Menzies School of Health Research–Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (V. Hampton, M. Kaestli, M. Mayo, J. Low Choy, G. Harrington, L. Richardson, B.J. Currie); School for Environmental Research–Charles Darwin University, Darwin (R. Noske, S.T. Garnett); Berrimah Veterinary Laboratories, Darwin (S. Benedict); Imperial College, London, UK (D. Godoy, B.G. Spratt)

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Images from necropsy of yellow-bibbed lorikeet that died of melioidosis, showing multiple diffuse nodular lesions in the liver (A) and spleen (B). Photographs by Jodie Low Choy.

Figure. Images from necropsy of yellow-bibbed lorikeet that died of melioidosis, showing multiple diffuse nodular lesions in the liver (A) and spleen (B). Photographs by Jodie Low Choy.

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

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