in soil and natural water bodies in rural Sri Lanka: A hidden threat to public health.

is the causative agent of the potentially fatal infection, melioidosis. This study provides the first evidence for the presence of in soil and water in Sri Lanka. Targeted sampling of soil and natural water sources was done between November 2019 and October 2020 over eight field visits encompassing the neighborhood of 28 culture and/or antibody-positive melioidosis patients in northwestern, western and southern Sri Lanka.

Biogeography and genetic diversity of clinical isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Sri Lanka.

Background: Melioidosis is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei and the disease is endemic in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It has been confirmed as endemic in Sri Lanka. Genomic epidemiology of B.

Comparison of two rapid test kits with real time polymerase chain reaction for early diagnosis of dengue in Sri Lanka.

Dengue is among the deadliest insect-borne diseases circulating in Sri Lanka. Most of the infections that are diagnosed early are manageable. However, delays in diagnosis may cause fatalities.

Nonclonal Burkholderia pseudomallei Population in Melioidosis Case Cluster, Sri Lanka.

A melioidosis case cluster of 10 blood culture-positive patients occurred in eastern Sri Lanka after an extreme weather event. Four infections were caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates of sequence type 594. Whole-genome analysis showed that the isolates were genetically diverse and the case cluster was nonclonal.

Oceanotoga teriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from offshore oil-producing wells.

A novel, moderately thermophilic, chemo-organotrophic bacterium was isolated from formation fluid samples from an offshore oil-production well head at Bombay High (Western India). Cells were rod-shaped with a sheath-like outer structure ('toga'); the cells appeared singly, in pairs or in short chains. Cells grew at 25-70 °C (optimum 55-58 °C), pH 5.