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Two people have died from a deadly soil-borne bacteria with authorities reporting higher-than-average rates in 2025 following ...

Two people have died from the soil-borne bacterial disease melioidosis in Far North Queensland during the region's ...

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In addition, a case of Psuedomonas pseudomallei infection, melioidosis, was detected; this may be attributed to the fact that melioidosis is a common tropical infection in our setting.