Another person has died in Townsville after contracting melioidosis, bringing the state's death toll for the year to 15. Case numbers are expected to decline as conditions dry up. The rare but ...

Melioidosis is a bacterial infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, and is primarily acquired by inoculation, inhalation and/or ingestion of soil- and water-dwelling environmental ...

[AP Photo/U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] Discovered in 1910 by scientists Alfred Whitmore and C.S Krishnaswami working in Myanmar, melioidosis is a water and soil-borne disease ...

Queensland's unprecedented melioidosis outbreak has claimed another life, taking the death toll to 20. An elderly man died in the Townsville health district on the weekend, the eighth death in the ...

“While the risks of melioidosis should reduce as conditions dry up across the region, it’s still important to take precautions and be alert, especially for those who are most at risk,” Dr ...

In Queensland, around 0.6 per 100,000 people contract melioidosis annually, but the disease is considered endemic to other parts of northern Australia too. There have been 28 reported cases in the ...

A woman who survived after contracting melioidosis is urging people to stay alert to the potentially deadly disease. North Queensland is experiencing an alarming spike in cases and fatalities from ...

Cases of water and soil-borne disease melioidosis have been climbing since the start of the year, with nine deaths in Cairns and three in Townsville. The Cairns Health Service recorded 53 cases of ...