Table 1.

B. pseudomallei positive sites and samples at the end of the rainy season based on culture and qPCR detection methods.

		Drain soil	Park soil	Total soil (park and drain)	Total water (drains)
Samples	Culture positive only	5.2% (11/210)	1.5% (7/450)	2.7% (18/660)	0% (0/108)
	qPCR positive only	5.7% (12/210)	6.4% (29/450)	6.2% (41/660)	19.4% (21/108)
	Total positive by culture and/or qPCR	30.5% (64/210)	39.6% (178/450)	36.7% (242/660)	40.7% (44/108)
Sites	Total positive by culture and/or qPCR	66.7% (28/42)	82.2% (37/45)	74.7% (65/87)	55.6% (20/36)