Alert in the United States for a strange tropical disease that has already killed two

the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States sounding the alarm about a rare sickness which seemed to thrive only on tropical climates, especially in the south of Asia and north of Australia, which has already been detected in several cases, even fatal, in the country.

According to the CDC, there are two people who died and two more were infected but managed to recover with melioidosis, a disease that has never been detected in the United States.

Melioidosis has been detected in patients from Georgia, Kansas, Texas Yes Minnesotareported LiveScience. The only other known cases of melioidosis in the United States were in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, that is, outside the land platform of the country.

None of the four patients reported having travel out of the country before falling ill between March and July of this year.

CDC “You think the most likely cause is an imported product (such as a food or drink, personal care products, cleaning products or drugs) or an ingredient in any of these types of products.” according to the statement released on Monday.

The researchers took more than 100 samples earth, water and common products used in and around the home of each patient to discover a link between the four cases, but so far they have not found a common source. However, sequencing of the bacteria’s genome revealed that the four cases are probably related in one way or another.

A dozen cases of melioidosis are seen in Americans each year, almost all of which is due to travel. This is the first time that doctors have found that the disease apparently originated in the United States.

Melioidosis is caused by the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei and it may take several weeks to appear after exposure to the pathogen. Symptoms include cough and shortness of breath, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, intermittent fever, and rash.

Risk factors for developing the disease include Diabetes, disease liver O renal, disease chronic lung, Cancer or any other condition that weakens the immunological system.

One of the known cases of melioidosis, involving a 4-year-old girl, was recently published in Texas. Preschooler Lylah Baker had no known risk factors for the disease when she fell ill in May. Lylah spent a month in the intensive care unit at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, requiring a ventilator and eventually suffering brain damage., according to the Dallas Morning News.

“She was a typical, healthy child about to start preschool in the fall, with no underlying health issues previously. I do not want to say anything”Ashley Kennon, the boy’s aunt, told the newspaper.

“So it was definitely a big surprise for anyone who didn’t know where they came from. [las bacterias]”, added.

Lylah is recovering at Our Children’s House Dallas. CDC urges doctors to be aware of symptoms of melioidosis wherever and wherever your patients are.

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