Interesting news 2014 - 2015
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1) ‘Stay out of storms’ (Australia)
The bacteria causing melioidosis is on the move, according to the Northern Territory Health Department, which says at least one person has died from the disease this wet season....
2) ‘Nightcliff gardener’s disease’ (Australia)
A MAN has died after contracting the deadly soil-borne disease melioidosis – also known as Nightcliff gardener’s disease. The Centre for Disease Control boss Dr Vicki Krause said that contact with mud, groundwater and aerosolised soil during the wet season increased the chance of exposure to the potentially fatal disease....
3) 'Melioidosis in Colombia' (Colombia)
This paper allowed us to discuss about melioidosis epidemiology in Colombia, perhaps its presentation in the national territory has been underestimated, which makes, at the same time, evident the need to implement specific diagnostic tools which allow a correct diagnostic of the disease and rise the level of knowledge by the health personnel … [
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2015
1) ‘Conclusion of Select Agent Inquiry into Burkholderia pseudomallei Release at Tulane National Primate Center’ (USA; 1/2)
The investigation was initiated when two primates at the Tulane center were diagnosed with Melioidosis (Whitmore's Disease), a bacterial illness of animals and humans more commonly diagnosed in tropical areas of the world and not found in North America. CDC laboratory analysis completed in mid-January determined that the strain of bacteria that sickened the non-human primates was identical to the one being used in research at the Tulane center. The lab results led CDC and APHIS officials to determine the bacteria, a Tier 1 select agent regulated for research, was not contained....
2) 'Deadly bacteria infected monkeys at Covington site' (USA; 2/2)
Almost seven months after authorities announced that deadly bacteria had escaped from a secure lab at the Tulane National Primate Research Center in Covington and infected two monkeys, a federal order suspending the center’s bioterrorism research remains in place, and it could be months before it is lifted, officials say. Last winter, authorities with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture shut down the Tulane center’s animal research into “select agents,” or pathogens that could pose an immediate and severe threat to plant, animal or human health. Two monkeys had to be euthanized after becoming infected with Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacterium that causes melioidosis, a potentially fatal disease, and that is seen as a potential biological weapon. A third monkey was later euthanized after showing symptoms of the disease..... [
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