Analyses of the Distribution Patterns of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Associated Phages in Soil Samples in Thailand Suggest That Phage Presence Reduces the Frequency of Bacterial Isolation

• Patoo Withatanung,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Narisara Chantratita,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Veerachat Muangsombut,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Natnaree Saiprom,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Jochen Klumpp,

  Affiliation Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Martha R. J. Clokie,

  Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

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• Edouard E. Galyov ,

  * E-mail: sunee.kor@mahidol.ac.th (SK), eg98@leicester.ac.uk (EEG)

  Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

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• Sunee Korbsrisate

  * E-mail: sunee.kor@mahidol.ac.th (SK), eg98@leicester.ac.uk (EEG)

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4732-0733

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