François NostenCindy S. ChuStuart WinearlsClare LingAung Phae PhyoWarat HaohankunnathumPaul TurnerVanaporn WuthiekanunMahidol UniversityNuffield Department of Clinical MedicineAngkor Hospital for Children2018-11-092018-11-092014-01-06F1000Research. Vol.3, (2014)1759796X204614022-s2.0-84923228736https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/33320© 2014 Chu CS et al. Melioidosis is endemic in areas of Southeast Asia, however, there are no published reports from the Thai-Myanmar border. We report the first two cases of fatal melioidosis in this region. This is of great public health importance and highlights the need to increase clinical awareness of melioidosis on the Thai-Myanmar border and to assess the true burden of disease in the area through improved case detection and Burkholderia pseudomallei prevalence studies.Mahidol UniversityBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyImmunology and MicrobiologyPharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsArticleSCOPUS10.12688/f1000research.3-4.v1