The bacteria can cause infections in people and animals called melioidosis, a condition typically found only in southeast Asia and northern Australia that has sickened four U.S.
Melioidosis, a rare bacterial disease typically found in tropical climates and also known as Whitmore’s disease, has infected four people in four different U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the infections are widespread across southeast Asia and northern Australia, and the four domestic cases appear to be the first known melioidosis diagnoses confirmed to have originated on U.S.
The CDC said that it believes the most likely cause is an imported product or an ingredient in an imported product, but a specific culprit has not yet been identified.
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