News - Menzies

MEDIA RELEASE | Unmasking melioidosis: collaborative research needed to understand the spread of the bacteria

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June 16, 2026 - 08:45am

What do hurricanes, military equipment, aromatherapy oil and a pet raccoon have in common? According to a new review led by Menzies, all have been linked with cases of melioidosis, a potentially fatal disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, as part of tracking the global spread of the disease.
New York Times Post | Australians told not to go outside to avoid deadly bacteria

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January 24, 2022 - 08:50am

Northern Territory residents have been warned not to go outside or they could be killed by an airborne bacteria.
Sunday Territorian | Deadly bacteria cases surge

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January 23, 2022 - 08:00am

Cases of the fatal Nightcliff Gardener's Disease, or melioidosis, have blown past predictions so far this wet season.
Nine News | Melioidosis

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January 21, 2022 - 18:00pm
NMRC Researchers Utilize a Unique Study Platform to Examine Multiple Diseases in Australia

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September 23, 2021 - 09:17am

Researchers from the United States Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) works in collaboration with Professor Bart Currie from Menzies School of Health Research, one of the world's foremost authorities on melioidosis.
Q&A: What You Need to Know About Melioidosis

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August 16, 2021 - 10:56am

CDC investigators continue to search for the source of the bacteria that caused four infections—two of them lethal—in four different states. The Scientist spoke with melioidosis expert Bart Currie about the disease.
NT News | Melioidosis death rates drop to 6%

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July 26, 2021 - 11:54am

THE mortality rate for melioidosis, a soil dwelling disease, has dropped in the last 30 years, while the number of diagnosed cases has increased.
Nine News Darwin: Fewer Deaths From Melioidosis

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July 23, 2021 - 18:00pm
ABC Online | Thirty-year Menzies melioidosis study finds cases are rising but mortality has tumbled

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July 23, 2021 - 08:00am

Lead author Bart Currie from the Menzies School of Health Research said the mortality rate for people diagnosed with melioidosis plummeted over the lifetime of the study.
Fewer deaths from melioidosis direct result of 30-year study

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July 23, 2021 - 08:00am

The number of deaths /mortality rate in Darwin from an infectious disease found mostly in the tropics, melioidosis, has decreased from 31 to six per cent in the last 30 years a new paper published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal has found.
9 News Darwin | Melioidosis warning

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January 18, 2021 - 18:15pm

The Top End is facing an increased threat to a deadly disease that claimed a life in the Territory last year. As Zarisha Bradley reports medical experts are warning of the rising risk after recent monsoonal weather.
ABC News | Melioidosis story

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October 17, 2020 - 19:00pm

Featuring Menzies' melioidosis experts, Dr Audrey Rachlin and Prof Bart Currie.
Tackling the Top End's deadly dirt disease at the source

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June 03, 2020 - 10:00am

The research through the Menzies School of Health Research by the newly graduated Dr Audrey Rachlin focused on the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes melioidosis.
Melioidosis research traces source to reduce spread

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June 03, 2020 - 09:00am

Dr Audrey Rachlin focused on the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes melioidosis.
Tropical disease kills crocodiles in NT

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October 01, 2019 - 16:30pm

A deadly tropical disease that affects humans was responsible for killing two crocodiles near Darwin, flipping previously held beliefs the predators were highly resistant to infection.
ABC Online | Deadly bacteria killed two crocodiles in northern Australia, despite species being highly resistant

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October 01, 2019 - 14:00pm

Crocodiles may not be as highly resistant to infections as previously thought, as a newly released study shows a deadly bacterium was responsible for killing two saltwater crocs in the Top End.
Deadly bacteria killed two crocodiles in northern Australia

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October 01, 2019 - 14:00pm

The research, from Menzies School of Health Research was published in the Microbial Genomics journal.
Media Release | Crocodile killing bacteria identified by Top End researchers

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October 01, 2019 - 09:30am

A ground-breaking study by a north Australian research team which identified a deadly bacterium responsible for killing saltwater crocodiles at a Top End Wildlife Park has recently been published in the journal, Microbial Genomics.
Killer disease strikes crocs

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October 01, 2019 - 02:00am

Melioidosis is killing Territory crocodiles, according to a paper written by researchers at the Menzies School of Health Research.
Media Alert | Crocodile killing bacteria identified by Top End researchers

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September 30, 2019 - 12:00pm

A north Australian research team has identified a deadly bacterium responsible for killing saltwater crocodiles at a Top End Wildlife Park.
Source water key to bacterial water safety in remote Northern Australia

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September 06, 2019 - 04:00am

In the new work, Mirjam Kaestli of Charles Darwin University, Australia and colleagues including Menzies School of Health Research sampled water and biofilms from three remote Indigenous communities in Australia’s Northern Territory.
Media Release | Source water holds key to bacterial water safety in remote North

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September 06, 2019 - 02:00am

CDU Research Fellow Mirjam Kaestli and colleagues including Menzies School of Health Research sampled water and biofilms from three remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.
Cases of deadly dirt disease melioidosis will increase, expert warns

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February 13, 2019 - 11:00am

Professor Bart Currie from the Menzies School of Health Research said he expected the melioidosis bacteria would increase in tropical regions.
NMRC Strives to Reduce Risk of Melioidosis Among Deployed Sailors and Marines

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September 15, 2018 - 01:30am

Dr. Kevin Schully, contractor and chief science officer with Naval Medical Research Center’s (NMRC) Austere environments Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes Department (ACESO) recently retuned stateside after screening Sailors and Marines deployed to Darwin, Australia, who are at risk of developing melioidosis.
Territory sporting great, tough battle with melioidosis | NT News

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June 22, 2018 - 01:00am

Former Essendon great Michael Long credits Professor Bart Currie for his diagnosis and treatment for melioidosis.
Building genomics expertise in the NT

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May 23, 2018 - 12:21pm

Menzies is investing and developing expertise in the emerging research area of genome sequencing. In the past year, we took the lead in a number of national and international collaborative programs investigating the genomics of tropical pathogens, and...
Melioidosis study improves patient outcomes

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July 31, 2017 - 16:18pm

Melioidosis study improves patient outcomes Our research continued to put Menzies at the centre of better melioidosis patient outcomes through improved diagnosis and treatment. In August 2016, the Menzies melioidosis team contributed to 17 abstracts at...
Melioidosis: More cases of potentially fatal bacteria from NT dirt emerge

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April 10, 2017 - 09:53am

More people are being infected by a potentially fatal bacterium in the Northern Territory, and health experts suspect building works could have something to do with the rise in cases.
Menzies helps track the travels of the deadly melioidosis bacteria

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March 06, 2017 - 09:00am

An international team of experts has confirmed the Australian origins of the bacterium (Burkholderia pseudomallei) which causes the potentially fatal infectious disease melioidosis and tracked its global dissemination.
Melioidosis: The Most Neglected Tropical Disease

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February 09, 2017 - 09:32am

Three sessions at the American Society for Microbiology 2017 Biothreats conference covered specific emerging diseases. Two of these, Zika and Ebola, have received a lot of media coverage (including on this blog), but the third disease, melioidosis, isn’t frequently found in newspaper headlines.
Jessica Webb 2016: Barbara Hale Fellowship Winner

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January 24, 2017 - 09:00am

Congratulations are extended to Jessica Webb for her 2016 Australian Federation of Graduate Women (AFGW) Barbara Hale Fellowship award.
Menzies melioidosis project recognised among Australia's best

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November 04, 2013 - 09:00am

A Menzies project has been recognised amongst the nation’s premier research projects by Australia’s peak body for health and medical research.
ABC Catalyst: Melioidosis feature

Date

November 01, 2012 - 12:00pm

Life in northern Australia is full of spectacular surprises and natural hazards, some more obvious than others.
The melioidosis files

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August 06, 2012 - 00:00am

A potentially fatal bacterial disease, lurking in soil.

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