Vanaporn WuthiekanunMayfong MayxayWirongrong ChierakulRattanaphone PhetsouvanhAllen C. ChengNicholas J. WhiteNicholas P.J. DaySharon J. PeacockMahidol UniversityMahosot HospitalMenzies School of Health ResearchFlinders UniversityNuffield Department of Clinical Medicine2018-06-212018-06-212005-02-01Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol.43, No.2 (2005), 923-924009511372-s2.0-13844280903https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/17084Clinical cases of melioidosis caused by the saprophyte Burkholderia pseudomallei were first noted in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) in 1999. In this study, 36% of 110 soil samples in northern Lao PDR were positive for B. pseudomallei, providing further evidence for the presence of melioidosis in this country.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.1128/JCM.43.2.923-924.2005