B. pseudomallei in ornamental fish tanks, Vientiane Capital, Laos
Venkatesan T., Siritana V., Silisouk J., Roberts T., Robinson M., Dance D.
In 2019, a case of melioidosis in Maryland, United States was shown to have been acquired from an ornamental fish tank contaminated with Burkholderia pseudomallei likely derived from South-East Asia. We therefore investigated the presence of B. pseudomallei in ornamental fish tanks in Vientiane Capital, Laos, an endemic area.