Cdc Warns Of Melioidosis Tropical Disease That Has Killed Two. Should Americans Be Worried
The CDC said the case is linked to three previous cases in different states, including Kansas, Texas and Minnesota, one of whom died. But should the average American be concerned about the recent emergence of melioidosis cases? According to Daniel Lucey, M.D., a fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America, the answer is no. “The average American does not need to be worried at this time about being exposed to the bacteria that causes melioidosis because there have been only a total of four patients with this infection in four states over the past five months,” Lucey told Newsweek....