SPADA

STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON AGENT  DETECTION ASSAYS (SPADA) Background & Fitness for Purpose Burkholderia pseudomallei

Jay E. Gee, PhD 

f l d Centers or Disease Contro an Prevention

Rockville, MD March 23, 2016

Burkholderia pseudomallei

i 1 S l • T er  e ect Agent • Causes disease melioidosis • Aerobic, gram‐negative bacillus  • Naturally in water and soil in endemic areas • Opportunistic pathogen • Causes human and animal disease • Incubation period: 1 to 21 days, mean of 9 days • Can be latent for decades before causing illness