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Two Americans die in matter of weeks of rare illness never seen outside tropics
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dailystar.co.ukDaily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!American scientists are growing concerned about the arrival of a rare tropical disease after it killed a second person in a matter of weeks.Tropical illness melioidosis has never been traced to the mainland United States, as it normally thrives in the baking heat of South Asia, Northern Australia and the Caribbean.But a second American has now died of the disease in a worryingly short period, this time in Georgia.Cases have also been traced to Kansas, Minnesota and Texas, suggesting it may be spreading throughout the US.The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said it was urgently investigating the outbreak.It has asked boffins to check for melioidosis in every bacteria which doesn't.
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