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