NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) reported on an additional confirmed melioidosis infection case had been recorded in the past week (March 18...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Thailand Bureau of Epidemiology reported a 61 percent increase in melioidosis cases last year compared to what was reported in 2021. According to disease surveillance data in...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) announced three new confirmed melioidosis infection cases had been recorded in the past week...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Hong Kong health officials reported an additional confirmed melioidosis infection case had been recorded in the past week (November 26 to December 2), bringing the total cases to...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the increase in melioidosis cases in Hong Kong this year, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health reports as of yesterday (October 17),...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Hong Kong health authorities said they have received reports from the Hospital Authority (HA) Kowloon West Cluster that 15 melioidosis cases have been recorded from August to October. According...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today on the identification in domestic environmental samples the bacteria that causes a rare and serious disease called melioidosis. For...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Burkholderia pseudomallei cases that sickened four and killed two in four states has been confirmed to match the bacterial strain found in bottles of aromatherapy...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that they have identified the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei in an aromatherapy spray — the same...

In a follow-up to a report about one month ago about melioidosis cases reported in the US with no travel history  HERE  The CDC announced a 4th such case, a fatal case, in the state of Georgia. In addition,...