Melioidosis -- Australia
Katherine residents are right to fear the potentially lethal mud bug melioidosis, says Centre for Disease Control director Vicki Krause.
"Absolutely, it is in our environment and we cannot escape it, we have to know who is at risk and how to protect ourselves," Dr Krause said. "This is a serious disease and every year there are deaths."
In 2018, 2 residents of the Katherine region have so far contracted melioidosis, a mud borne disease which thrives in wet season conditions.
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Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5620284&promed&0
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