Table 2. Descriptive statistics for ambient B. pseudomallei and environmental factors during the typhoon season (June to September) and the reference season (October to December) near Lotus Pond in South Taiwan.
| Typhoon season (June–September) | Reference season (October–December) | p-value | ||
| B. pseudomallei (%) | Positive rate | 35.9% (38/106) | 0% (0/82) | |
| Inhibitory effect | 63.2% (24/38) | 0% | ||
| B. pseudomallei (copies/m3) | Mean ± SE (Range) | 500.6±3965.4 (N.D.a-41376.0) | N.D. (N.D.) | <0.001* |
| Rainfall (mm) | Mean ± SE (Range) | 13.7±31.9 (N.D.-155.0) | 0.7±4.5 (N.D.-39.5) | <0.001* |
| Wind (m/s) | Mean ± SE (Range) | 2.1±0.9 (1.1–7.2) | 1.8±0.5 (1.1–3.6) | 0.029* |
| UV Indexb | Mean ± SE (Range) | 8.5±2.9 (1.0–13.0) | 5.5±1.4 (1.0–8.0) | <0.001* |
| Ambient Fungi (CFU/m3) | Mean ± SE (Range) | 400.3±781.1(51.3–2590.4) | 869.0±1399.3 (42.9–457.3) | <0.001* |
| Ambient Bacteria (CFU/m3) | Mean ± SE (Range) | 241.1±35.4 (68.9–6849.8) | 157.9±9.8 (122.5–7884.0) | 0.357 |
| O3 (ppb) | Mean ± SE (Range) | 26.6±1.5 (9.8–72.2) | 37.4±1.8 (3.7–75.4) | <0.001* |
| SO2 (ppb) | Mean ± SE (Range) | 4.1±0.2 (1.2–10.9) | 4.9±0,1 (2.5–9.4) | <0.001* |
| CO (ppm) | Mean ± SE (Range) | 0.4±0.0 (0.1–1.0) | 0.6±0.0 (0.3–1.4) | <0.001* |
| NOx (ppb) | Mean ± SE (Range) | 16.6±0.7 (5.1–41.3) | 24.2±0.9 (12.4–63.8) | <0.001* |
a
N.D. means not detected;
b
1 unit equals 25 mW/m2;
*significant at p -value<0.05.