The bacteria that cause the rare, serious disease melioidosis are endemic to parts of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, according to CDC
Burkholderia pseudomallei was found in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region, the first detection of the bacterium in the environment in the US. “It is not clear how long the bacterium has been in the environment before 2020 or how widespread the bacterium is in the continental United States; modeling suggests that the environmental conditions found …