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Volume 29, Number 5—May 2023
Research Letter

Presence of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil, Nigeria, 2019

Jelmer Savelkoel1Comments to Author , Rita O. Oladele1, Chiedozie K. Ojide, Rebecca F. Peters, Daan W. Notermans, Justina O. Makinwa, Maaike C. de Vries, Marion A.E. Sunter, Sébastien Matamoros, Nasiru Abdullahi, Uche S. Unigwe, Alani S. Akanmu, W. Joost Wiersinga2, and Emma Birnie2
Author affiliations: Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (J. Savelkoel, D.W. Notermans, S. Matamoros, W.J. Wiersinga, E. Birnie); Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria (R.O. Oladele, R.F. Peters, J.O. Makinwa, A.S. Akanmu); College of Medicine University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria (R.O. Oladele, A.S. Akanmu); Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria (C.K. Ojide); Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria (C.K. Ojide, U.S. Unigwe); National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands (D.W. Notermans, M.C. de Vries, M.A.E. Sunter); Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria (N. Abdullahi); University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria (U.S. Unigwe)

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Table

Site characteristics and distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei at 8 sampling sites in Nigeria, 2019

Site Location State Place Site characteristics Sample holes positive for B. pseudomallei
A Southwestern Ogun Lufoko Rice field, dry 0
B Southwestern Ogun Ige Rice field, dry 0
C Northwestern Kebbi Birnin Kebbi* Rice field, moist 4
D Northwestern Kebbi Birnin Kebbi* Rice field, moist 1
E Southwestern Ogun Sunmoge Cattle, grassland next to river, moist 0
F Southeastern Ebonyi Abakaliki Rice field and cassava crops, moist 38
G Southeastern Ebonyi Abakaliki Rice swamp, wet 1
H Southeastern Enugu Nenwe Rice field, moist 14

*The sampling sites in Birnin Kebbi were located 3 km apart from each other. An overview of the geographic distribution of sampling sites for Burkholderia pseudomallei can be found in the Appendix.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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