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. 2019 Mar 18;13(3):e0007243. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007243

Table 4. Prevalence of melioidosis within various land use types.

Land Use Type Prevalence Rate (per 100,000)
Forestry 3.30
Mixed forestry and pastoralism 6.82
Mixed agriculture and pastoralism 16.17
Agriculture–large scale irrigation 21.04
Urban Areas§ 9.93

§7 cases were removed from the urban prevalence estimation due to their participation in a high-risk occupation. (Fisher’s exact test showed significance with a simulated p-value of 0.0005)