Soil-borne disease claims five more lives in Queensland | ABC NEWS

An unprecedented outbreak of melioidosis has claimed another five lives in Queensland, taking the state’s total death toll from the soil-borne disease to 12. The bacterial infection often occurs in the aftermath of flooding events and during the wet season.

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