melioidosis

Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria, colored enhanced scanning electron micrograph (SEM). These motile bacteria are the cause of melioidosis, a tropical disease spread through contaminated water and soil. The bacteria can infect the skin, causing inflammat

This Germ Can Live Decades In Distilled Water, Kill Humans In 48 Hours

4:14pm January 11, 2016

by Angus Chen

It causes melioidosis, whose yearly death toll of 90,000 is about the same as for measles. But the disease hasn't been on the global health radar — until now.