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
People 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...