Health
Thirty-year Menzies melioidosis study finds cases are rising but mortality has tumbled – ABC News
In 1989, 31 per cent of people diagnosed this killer dirt disease in Darwin died. That mortality rate is today just 6 per cent….

On the day Bob Creek was due to retire, he was in Royal Darwin Hospital being treated for a potentially deadly soil-borne disease.
Key points:
- New research shows the mortality rate for melioidosis has declined
- But the number of cases being diagnosed is…
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