Clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from north Queensland carry diverse bimA_Bm genes that are associated with central nervous system disease and are phylogenomically distinct from other Australian strains

• Delaney Burnard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane and Woman’s Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0007-4846

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• Michelle J. Bauer,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane and Woman’s Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2259-5044

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• Caitlin Falconer,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane and Woman’s Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0476-7714

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• Ian Gassiep,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane and Woman’s Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases, Mater Hospital Brisbane, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3548-6963

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• Robert E. Norton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathology Queensland, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3948-9272

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• David L. Paterson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane and Woman’s Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2079-4437

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• Patrick NA Harris

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: p.harris@uq.edu.au

  Affiliations University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane and Woman’s Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia, Pathology Queensland, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2895-0345

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