Table 4. Prevalence of melioidosis within various land use types.
Land Use Type | Prevalence Rate (per 100,000) |
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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)