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“…melioidosis is considered a high-priority potential biological threat agent; its close relative Burkholderia mallei was used as a bioweapon during World War I.  Research on this pathogen requires high-containment laboratories (biosafety level 3, or BSL-3). There is no vaccine, and treatment with antibiotics is lengthy and difficult because of the bacterium’s inherent antibiotic resistance—it is ‘impervious to all but a few antibiotics.'”–Melioidosis Modeling: Research to Support Countermeasures for a Tricky Pathogen, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The bacteria is called Burkholderia Pseudomallei, it causes something called Melioidosis (aka Whitmore’s Disease) in both animals and humans.  Up until now, it was mainly found in northern Australia and South East Asia.

The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, along with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), are claiming that six cases have popped-up in the United States as a result of monkeys being imported from the South East Asian country of Cambodia: “…animals infected with B. pseudomallei may appear healthy for months to years before showing signs of illness, during which time they can shed the organism into the environment. Melioidosis presents diagnostic challenges because it causes nonspecific clinical signs, serologic screening can produce unreliable results, and culture isolates are often misidentified on rapid commercial testing systems. Here, we present a case of melioidosis in a cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) that developed a subcutaneous abscess after importation from Cambodia to the United States.”–Melioidosis in Cynomolgus Macaques ( Macaca Fascicularis ) Imported to the United States from Cambodia

The monkeys, specifically Macaques, have been imported since 2018 (what timing).  On 26OCT2021, the CDC confirmed that Burkholderia Pseudomallei was found in an aromatherapy spray that was sold across several U.S. states, and connected to cases of human Melioidosis in Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota and Texas.

Burkholderia Pseudomallei ( aka B-Pseudomallei, or Pseudomonas Pseudomallei) is a bacteria found in soil or water.  Only in 2006 did scientist begin to understand the virulence of the Melioidosis disease it causes:  “…and the study of host–pathogen interactions has shed some light on pathogenic mechanisms, but many key questions await investigation…”-Melioidosis: insights into the pathogenicity of Burkholderia pseudomallei

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