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The Queensland melioidosis outbreak is still growing. What’s keeping this deadly mud bug active?

By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University

So far there have been 221 cases of melioidosis and 221 deaths from the disease in 2025. A microbiologist explains what to know about this infection.

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