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David Dance

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Oct 30, 2025, 5:40:21 AMOct 30
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The good news is that several journalists have been showing an interest in melioidosis recently. The latest is Lakshmi Gopinathan who, hot on the heels of the Lancet piece, has done a nice item in the Gavi journal VaccinesWork – see https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/great-mimicker-meet-deadly-bacterium-spreading-worldwide.

 

There may be more in the pipeline, which can surely only be a good thing.

 

BW

 

David

 

‘The Great Mimicker’: meet the deadly bacterium spreading worldwide

Melioidosis has now been detected in almost every state in India, is surging in Australia, is increasingly reported from Africa and was recently found in the US. What is this deadly disease and why is it so little-known?

“The combination of heavy monsoon rainfall, vast agricultural landscapes, a large population engaged in farming and fishing, common practices such as working barefoot or barehanded in soil and water, as well as traditional rituals involving close contact with wet soil, facilitate exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei in India”: Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Kasturba Medical College

“The combination of heavy monsoon rainfall, vast agricultural landscapes, a large population engaged in farming and fishing, common practices such as working barefoot or barehanded in soil and water, as well as traditional rituals involving close contact with wet soil, facilitate exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei in India”: Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Kasturba Medical College

 

 

 

 

 

 

vanina....@ird.fr

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Oct 30, 2025, 6:50:44 AMOct 30
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On another note, I've seen melioidosis on medical TV shows Dr House, and K-drama Doctor John.
Not quite the same I know :) and the scientific accuracy does not seem to be always on point.
In Doctor John it's a reactivation case after 44 years latency in a Vietnamese war veteran. It got me wondering if it's after watching this that Matthew Howes & Bart Currie wrote: "Melioidosis and Activation from Latency: The "Time Bomb" Has Not Occurred" ha ha

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saika farook

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Oct 30, 2025, 6:51:58 AMOct 30
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Ha ha ha… have seen the House episode too. And its Dr House who inspired to run for my MD 🫣

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