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STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON AGENT
DETECTION ASSAYS (SPADA)
Background & Fitness for Purpose
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Jay E. Gee, PhD
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Centers or Disease Contro an Prevention
Rockville, MD
March 23, 2016
Burkholderia pseudomallei
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T er e ect Agent
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Causes disease melioidosis
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Aerobic, gram‐negative bacillus
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Naturally in water and soil in endemic areas
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Opportunistic pathogen
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Causes human and animal disease
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Incubation period: 1 to 21 days, mean of 9 days
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Can be latent for decades before causing illness