Melioidosis has returned to the public spotlight after health authorities confirmed the disease caused the death of nine monkeys at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. The disease ...

Current antimicrobials for bioterrorism are available, yet concerns regarding incomplete clearance of infection, ability to protect against lethality, natural and engineered resistance and ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Nine monkeys who died in Hong Kong’s oldest zoo in two days this week had been infected with an endemic disease, possibly after some digging work near their cages, officials ...

The diseases they cultivated as weapons were glanders and anthrax, both known to ravage populations of grazing animals in natural epidemics. By infecting just a few animals, through needle ...

Nine monkeys from the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens died of sepsis after catching melioidosis, authorities revealed on Friday. Part of the zoo has been shut down since Monday after ...

The latest monkey died a day after officials said the first nine succumbed to melioidosis earlier this week. Melioidosis is an infectious disease that can affect both animals and people.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday reported the first case of melioidosis since Typhoon Krathon struck Taiwan earlier this month and predicted that enterovirus outbreaks would continue ...

Glanders is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei. While human beings can contract glanders, it primarily affects horses and also impacts donkeys, mules, goats, dogs, and ...

Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung said in a press briefing that the animals in the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens contracted melioidosis and the disease later ...