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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2026

Emergence of Human and Animal Melioidosis in Southern Africa, 2018-2021.

Jennifer Rossouw, Hermanus D W Geyer, Monica Birkhead, Douglas Wilson, Jeremy Nel, Alan S Karstaedt, Carel E Haumann, Annelize Jonker, Jason W Sahl, David M Wagner and 1 more

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jennifer RossouwCentre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg 2192, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2840-5563
Hermanus D W GeyerCentre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg 2192, South Africa.
Monica BirkheadCentre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg 2192, South Africa.
Douglas WilsonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Harry Gwala Regional Hospital, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 3201, South Africa.
Jeremy NelDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4115-894X
Alan S KarstaedtDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.
Carel E HaumannPathCare, Windhoek 10005, Namibia.
Annelize JonkerDepartment of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6779-4701
Jason W SahlPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4073, USA.
David M WagnerPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4073, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2684-6007
John A FreanCentre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg 2192, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3375-5760

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melioidosis is increasingly recognised in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide as a serious and potentially fatal bacterial infection affecting humans and animals, acquired from the environment. Until now, human cases of melioidosis had not been reported in Southern Africa. Over a four-year period, we identified three human and two animal cases of melioidosis in South Africa and Namibia.

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Burkholderia pseudomalleiMelioidosisNamibiaSouth Africawhole-genome sequencing

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PMID41746030
PMCPMC12945296

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