title: A prospective study of melioidosis after environmental exposure of healthy participants to Burkholderia pseudomallei during a muddy endurance challenge.
abstract: In a prospective study of 123 healthy adults competing in a mud-exposing endurance challenge in the melioidosis-endemic tropical north of the Northern Territory of Australia, there were no asymptomatic seroconversions to Burkholderia pseudomallei using indirect hemagglutination assay. However, one competitor developed melioidosis attributable to infection acquired during the event.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases and Pathology Departments, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Microbiology Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grivas
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases and Pathology Departments, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Microbiology Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barklay
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases and Pathology Departments, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Microbiology Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruane
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases and Pathology Departments, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Microbiology Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases and Pathology Departments, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Microbiology Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Theobald
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases and Pathology Departments, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Microbiology Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases and Pathology Departments, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Microbiology Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Norton
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases and Pathology Departments, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Microbiology Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases and Pathology Departments, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Microbiology Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia bart.currie@menzies.edu.au.
authors.forename: Bart J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Currie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D015876:Northern Territory / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial