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Volume 32, Number 8—August 2026

Virulence of Burkholderia pseudomallei Strains from Western Hemisphere and Africa in Mice

Christopher P. Klimko, J. Matthew Meinig, Kevin D. Mlynek, Nathaniel O. Rill, Sergei S. Biryukov, Jennifer L. Dankmeyer, Annette M. Gray, Jennifer Chua, Stephanie A. Halasohoris, Michael L. Davies, Brian A. Smith, Carlos I. Rodriguez-Negron, Christopher T. Braun, Elsie E. Martinez, Jade L. Spencer, David N. Dyer, Ondraya M. Frick, Marjorie E. Torres, Mindy G. Elrod, Jay E. Gee, Christopher A. Gulvik, Zachary P. Weiner, Ju Qiu, Joel A. Bozue, David DeShazer, and Christopher K. Cote

Author affiliation: US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland, USA (C.P. Klimko, J.M. Meinig, K.D. Mlynek, N.O. Rill, S.S. Biryukov, J.L. Dankmeyer, A.M. Gray, J. Chua, S.A. Halasohoris, M.L. Davies, B.A. Smith, C.I. Rodriguez-Negron, C.T. Braun, E.E. Martinez, J.L. Spencer, D.N. Dyer, O.M. Frick, M.E. Torres, J. Qiu, J.A. Bozue, D. DeShazer, C.K. Cote); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.G. Elrod, J.E. Gee, C.A. Gulvik, Z.P. Weiner)

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Burkholderia pseudomallei Western Hemisphere and African strain panel used in study of virulence of B. pseudomallei in mice*

Strain, NCBI SRA accession nos. (reference)	Location	Travel history	Clinical history	Collection type
GHD1A, SRR28096053 and SRR28096054 (30)	Ghana	NA	NA	Environmental, ST2058 novel strain type grouped within a subclade that include isolates from Burkina Faso
BpNY2023b, SRR35239810 (NA)	New York, USA	Ghana	27-year-old woman, cutaneous lesion on scalp	None
AZ1999, SRR9182277 and SRR9182846 (12)	Arizona, USA	El Salvador	37-year-old woman	None
VEN1976, SRR5221036 (31)	Venezuela	Unknown	Unknown	None
PB10007001, SRR5221028 (31)	Arizona, USA	Costa Rica	Woman, boat propeller wound to left thigh	None
IL2014, SRR5221014 (32)	Illinois, USA	Mexico	59-year-old woman, 4-day history of right-side, upper back, and anterior chest pain, dyspnea, and fevers. Diabetes mellitus, controlled HIV infection; cadaveric renal transplant recipient 13 months prior.	None
PR2013a, SRR5221018 (31)	Puerto Rico, USA	NA	NA	Environmental
GHC5E, SRR28096044 and SRR28096045 (30)	Ghana	NA	NA	Environmental, ST1749 similar Caribbean isolates
MS2020a, SRR23747754 (11)	Mississippi, USA	NA	39-year-old man, initial manifestation of acute respiratory distress and fever followed by multisystem organ failure. Admitted to intensive care unit with bilateral multilobar pneumonia and sepsis.	None
TX2004, SRR5221034 (12)	Texas, USA	Cryptic	82-year-old man with chronic renal insufficiency, diabetes,  and hypertension. Cutaneous  lesion on right hand.	Putative locally acquired

*NA, not available; NCBI SRA, National Center for Biotechnology Information Sequence Read Archive (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra); ST, sequence type.

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