A culture of the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes melioidosis. The disease is rare in the U.S.
Posted on 08/10/2021 12:48:59 PM PDT by Red Badger
Four people in the U.S. have mysteriously fallen ill with a rare and sometimes deadly bacterial disease that's usually seen only in other countries with tropical climates, according to health officials. Yet none of these patients had traveled outside the country.
The four cases, which were identified between March and July, occurred in Georgia, Kansas, Texas and Minnesota, according to a statement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Two of the patients died and two were hospitalized for long periods of time. The first death occurred in Kansas in March, and the second death occurred last month in Georgia.
The patients were all diagnosed with melioidosis, a disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. The bacteria grows in tropical climates, and it is most commonly seen in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. The only places in the U.S. where this bacterium is naturally found are Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the CDC.
Only about a dozen cases of melioidosis are identified each year in the U.S., and these cases are nearly always among people who have traveled to places where the disease naturally occurs, the CDC says. That's why the current cases, which are not tied to recent international travel history, are so unusual, according to the statement.
Health officials are now trying to figure out how these people became infected. They have tested more than 100 samples from products, soil and water in and around the patients' homes, but nothing has turned up, the statement said.
Genetic testing has revealed that the bacterial strains infecting these four patients are very similar to each other, which suggests a common source for the infections, the statement said.
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A culture of the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes melioidosis. The disease is rare in the U.S.
Adjectives are subjective editorial comments.
Any “scientific” headline or article that contains gratuitous adjectives is NOT scientific
‘CDC’ should have been a clue..................
Fresh from south of the boarder.
Why doesn’t CDC examine the hoard crossing our southern border????
“...which are not tied to recent international travel history...”
However, carriers are in fact tied to recent international travel history. Contact the southern border.
The inmates are truly now running the asylum.
That would be raciest, don’t ya know.
That was my first thought since they are pouring in from the tropics.
Maybe the government will figure it out next year sometime.
“Adjectives are subjective editorial comments. Any “scientific” headline or article that contains gratuitous adjectives is NOT scientific.”
Totally agree.
Horde.
Close the dam border.
In the 1980s there were a few serious bacteria outbreaks that killed dozens of people - If I remember correctly they were spread via cheese and fruit.
Illegal aliens.
Gee, you don’t think the open border has anything to do with it, do ya?
Melioidosis=The Vietnamese time bomb.
I’ll tell you what, don’t just blame the illegals.
We have so many legal immigrants from Asia who insist on going back home every year at lease, often for lengthy stays.
I’ve always been nervous about this. I have bosses and other co-workers like that as does my husband. They go to their hellholes and bring back god knows what. Some get sick themselves from it. Hubby had one younger worker go to India and died from the sickness there.
This is a problem thanks to easy travel.
Is this “COVID-22”? The next thing the elite will use against us?
Of course no one knows what’s coming across the US-Mexico Border and being transported all over the USA.
Lets pay the bureaucrats more money. I am sure they will figure it out when everyone is dead.
“‘CDC’ should have been a clue..................”
They’re too busy studying ‘gun violence’. No time for diseases, or epidemics.
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