MeSH tree: C01.150.252.400.170
A potentially deadly disease caused by a soil-dwelling bacterium long found in tropical regions may be slowly gaining a foothold in the continental United States and other regions around the world. The discovery of the bacterium ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Analysis of the surge in melioidosis cases during Townsville's record rainfall in the 2024–25 wet season has reinforced recommendations for emergency care staff. The lead author of the new study, published in the journal ...
Sep 11, 2026
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What do hurricanes, military equipment, aromatherapy oil and a pet raccoon have in common? According to a new review led by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), all have been linked with cases of melioidosis, a potentially ...
Jun 16, 2026
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Melioidosis is a little-known tropical disease now seen as an emerging global public health threat. The disease is caused by bacteria that live in soil and groundwater, and no vaccine exists to prevent infection, which can ...
Dec 18, 2025
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The outbreak of the deadly "mud bug" melioidosis in north Queensland has not yet abated since it began at the start of this year.
May 21, 2025
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A soil-dwelling bacteria has killed 14 people in Australia's flood-hit state of Queensland, officials said, as health experts investigate what caused the outbreak.
Feb 26, 2025
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Seven people have now died from melioidosis in flood-ravaged north Queensland this year.
Feb 24, 2025
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Parts of North Queensland have received almost two meters of rain since the weekend, causing flash and riverine flooding that claimed the lives of two women around Ingham.
Feb 5, 2025
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Melioidosis—a bacterial infection that causes fever, pneumonia, and sepsis—presents two enormous challenges for infectious disease experts: It kills roughly half the people who contract it and it is extremely tough to treat ...
Dec 3, 2024
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Nine monkeys who died in Hong Kong's oldest zoo in two days this week had been infected with an endemic disease, possibly after some digging work near their cages, officials said on Friday.
Oct 18, 2024
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