A deadly bacteria that kills up to 50 percent of people it infects has now been listed as endemic along the US gulf coast.Dr Julia Petras, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention () who made the warning, said Burkholderia pseudomallei was now likely lurking in soil and stagnant water across the 1,600 miles from Texas to .People infected with the bacteria suffer melioidosis, a severe condition that can trigger and and can be fatal.
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