
%0 Journal Article
%A Currie, Bart J 
%T Dangerous bacteria in unexpected locations; Burkholderia pseudomallei and melioidosis in Australia
%J Microbiology Australia
%D 2009/11/01
%V 30
%N 5
%P 195-196
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MA09195
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MA09195 
%X There are 25-50 human cases of melioidosis annually in Australia. While the vast majority occur in the tropical north, sporadic cases have been documented from unexpected temperate locations and, each year, several cases are diagnosed in southern hospitals in patients infected in and returned or travelling from northern Australia or southeast Asia. 
