Health warning renewed after disease strikes second Katherine victim

Lydia Lynch
Updated February 13 2018 - 10:36am, first published February 8 2018 - 1:27pm
MUD BUG: Melioidosis can lead to blood poisoning, and death for 10 and 15 per cent of Territory patients.
MUD BUG: Melioidosis can lead to blood poisoning, and death for 10 and 15 per cent of Territory patients.

Katherine residents are right to fear the potentially lethal mud bug melioidosis, says Centre for Disease Control director Vicki Krause. 

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Lydia Lynch

Lydia Lynch

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