{"id":121319,"date":"2024-11-02T19:42:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T12:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121319"},"modified":"2024-11-02T19:42:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T12:42:47","slug":"warning-over-silent-garden-killer-in-backyards-across-america-after-five-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121319","title":{"rendered":"Warning over silent garden killer in backyards across America &#8211; after five deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Experts have warned against a disease lurking in backyards across America after a series of deaths in Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Melioidosis is a serious bacterial lung infection that kills up to half of people it infects worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The illness, which affects about a dozen Americans per year, is caused by the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, which lives in tropical soils and water.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Experts have suggested that wet weather like hurricanes and heavy rain, which have become increasingly common in the US, can raise the risk of the bacteria rising to the top of soil in gardens and backyards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It comes after five people in Australia&#8217;s Northern Territory died from the illness, prompting health officials there to issue an alert to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While mostly found in tropical climates like Southeast <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/asia\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e76c8530-9871-11ef-ae68-65e0afa69770\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Asia<\/a> and Australia, it can <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-11055573\/Deadly-bacteria-causes-meliodosis-detected-Mississippi-water-CDC-reveals.html\" rel=\"noopener\">spread to certain coastal areas of the US<\/a>. These include <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/mississippi\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e76c8531-9871-11ef-ae68-65e0afa69770\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Mississippi<\/a>&#8216;s gulf coast, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The bacteria usually doesn&#8217;t cause symptoms, but in severe cases, it can trigger potentially deadly <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/pneumonia\/index.html\" id=\"mol-d553a8c0-9875-11ef-ae68-65e0afa69770\" rel=\"noopener\">pneumonia<\/a> and <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/sepsis\/index.html\" id=\"mol-d553a8c1-9875-11ef-ae68-65e0afa69770\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">sepsis<\/a>, the body&#8217;s overreaction to an infection that causes the immune system to attack healthy organs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last year,\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-cdc\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f3c42860-9871-11ef-ae68-65e0afa69770\" rel=\"noopener\">CDC<\/a> officials warned Burkholderia pseudomallei is now <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12165835\/Deadly-bacteria-kills-50-patients-ENDEMIC-gulf-coast-CDC-expert-says.html\" rel=\"noopener\">endemic to the gulf coast<\/a>, which includes <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/texas\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f3c42861-9871-11ef-ae68-65e0afa69770\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a>, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/louisiana\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f3c42862-9871-11ef-ae68-65e0afa69770\" rel=\"noopener\">Louisiana<\/a>, Mississippi, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/alabama\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f3c42863-9871-11ef-ae68-65e0afa69770\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama<\/a>, and <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/florida\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f3c42864-9871-11ef-ae68-65e0afa69770\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6604204faed8e3e2\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/01\/21\/91566039-14025911-Officials_warned_against_the_infection_melioidosis_which_spreads-a-20_1730498251782.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Officials warned against the infection melioidosis, which spreads from bacteria lurking in gardens and has killed five Australians in the past 12 months (stock image)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6604204faed8e3e2\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/01\/21\/91566039-14025911-Officials_warned_against_the_infection_melioidosis_which_spreads-a-20_1730498251782.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Officials warned against the infection melioidosis, which spreads from bacteria lurking in gardens and has killed five Australians in the past 12 months (stock image)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Officials warned against the infection melioidosis, which spreads from bacteria lurking in gardens and has killed five Australians in the past 12 months (stock image)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bf5ffa08ee0722c8\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/02\/11\/71836547-14025911-The_above_map_shows_countries_where_the_bacteria_has_been_detect-a-4_1730547685761.jpg\" height=\"384\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The above map shows countries where the bacteria has been detected and the states in the US where the CDC says it is endemic\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bf5ffa08ee0722c8\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/02\/11\/71836547-14025911-The_above_map_shows_countries_where_the_bacteria_has_been_detect-a-4_1730547685761.jpg\" height=\"384\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The above map shows countries where the bacteria has been detected and the states in the US where the CDC says it is endemic\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The above map shows countries where the bacteria has been detected and the states in the US where the CDC says it is endemic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe data-xpmodule-iframe-resizable=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" name=\"xp-iframe-m305cc0jt4vzl8aip\" class=\"iframe-creator \" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/html_modules\/Annie\/tests\/240905-healthsubheading-finalversion\/index.html\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" height=\"45\" style=\"border: 0; width: 0; min-width: 100%; \" id=\"xp-iframe-m305cc0jt4vzl8aip\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Professor Bart Currie, an expert in tropical and emerging infectious diseases at the\u00a0Menzies School of Health Research in Australia, told <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/silent-garden-killer-puts-aussies-on-high-alert-after-claiming-five-lives-065107584.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAK6kV04-fUU-hmyBb22tQuf1zGkxJAIQhS85PGC_ukEU0Xu8rIa9Z_28Pq_eyssBI1Tn5c7q9Esp-DaCH8xogU-8MF4DUb1he_8MSTZZt5MisxW12q2los7JbmSJKv0mPInGE_9UhQPUs3VjNPTtg4my6-D2RGums22fr9tN0dE7\">Yahoo News<\/a>\u00a0melioidosis is going to become an even more &#8216;substantial issue in the coming years&#8217; due to <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/climate_change_global_warming\/index.html\" id=\"mol-8b60f890-9892-11ef-99e6-ad256c122a75\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change<\/a> resulting in more hurricanes and monsoons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Humans can become infected with the bacteria via contact with contaminated soil and muddy water, particularly if they have an open wound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In rare cases, it can also be transmitted between humans \u2014 although this has only been reported via sexual contact and during pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Burkholderia pseudomallei was <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-11055573\/Deadly-bacteria-causes-meliodosis-detected-Mississippi-water-CDC-reveals.html\" rel=\"noopener\">first detected in the US in 2022<\/a>\u00a0in soil and water samples along the Mississippi gulf coast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Up until that point, US cases of\u00a0melioidosis had been tied to people bringing it back from areas like Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Symptoms include fever, headache, trouble breathing, stomach or chest pain, muscle pain, confusion, and seizures, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Signs typically develop within one to four weeks after being exposed to the bacteria, though some people don&#8217;t get sick until months or years after exposure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Though melioidosis usually shows up as a lung infection, it can spread to other organs like the liver, spleen, prostate, lymph nodes, and brain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In severe cases, it can lead to life-threatening sepsis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Melioidosis is usually treated with long-term antibiotics, including IV antibiotics for at least two weeks (the intensive phase) and oral drugs for three to six months (the eradication phase).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">To prevent exposure to\u00a0Burkholderia pseudomallei, the CDC recommends avoiding soil or water if you have open founds and wear gloves and boots when working in gardens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     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