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MOCRU and its partner Medical Action Myanmar (MAM) have begun a study to identify areas in Myanmar where Burkholderia pseudomallei is present in the soil and where people are at risk of melioidosis, a difficult to diagnose deadly bacterial disease.

Composite photo of researchers analysing the soil for melioisodis bacteria (B. pseudomallei) in Myanmar