Melioidosis outbreak survivor warns against complacency in north Queensland
Source: ABC News
Army veteran Mathew Whitbread, 49, was fit and healthy when he contracted melioidosis while mud crabbing in north Queensland. It nearly killed him.
North Queensland army veteran Mathew Whitbread was fit and healthy when he contracted melioidosis while mud crabbing, and it nearly killed him.
The Bluewater man is a survivor of what experts have described as an unprecedented outbreak of the soil-bo… [3285 chars]