Melioidosis is a strange disease falls by bacterial infection with Burkholteria pseudomallei, Bacteria are found in Tropical and Subtropical and Australia Asia. Bacteria that cause melioidosis are not typically found in the United States. However, 2 adults and 2 children of 4 homes in 4 different states contracted this disease. An adult and a child died and the other two patients suffered persistent neurological or bone damage due to infection. So how 4 people in 4 different states, who had not traveled, ended with Melioidosis?
An CDC investigation used forensic science, genomic sequencing and phylogenetic analysis to determine that an aromatherapy spray manufactured in India and sold by Walmart, cases of melioidosis in the United States. Phylogenetic analysis is a method to identify how related organisms are. In this case, scientists used the sequence of genes in the isolated bacteria of the patients, which are in a bottle withdrawal of aromatherapy spray and in databases to definitely identify the culprit.
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