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Here's what you need to know about melioidosis, the deadly infection that can spread after floods

  • Written by Sanjaya Senanayake, Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Physician, Australian National University
Here's what you need to know about melioidosis, the deadly infection that can spread after floodsPeople typically become sick between one and 21 days after being infected.Goran Jakus/Shutterstock

The devastating Townsville floods have receded but the clean up is being complicated by the appearance of a serious bacterial infection known as melioidosis. One person has died from melioidosis and nine others have been diagnosed with the disease...

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