Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 08.12.2020
DTRA CB is learning why one stubborn bacterium just loves humans so much. In a large family, there is at least one rebel. In the bacterial family of Burkholderia, which includes over 100 siblings, Burkholderia pseudomallei is this outlier because of its ability to virulently infect humans. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention labels B. pseudomallei as a Category B bioterror......
Story by Sgt. Alvin Pujols | 8th Marine Corps District | 04.21.2018
The Marines are known as the Few and the Proud, which means the men and women that lead them, must be beyond reproach. Recruiting Station Phoenix hosted a Pre Officer Candidate School weekend to prepare the candidates for their approaching trials to become Marine Corps officers....
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 06.22.2017
Diagnosing any disease is similar to solving a puzzle. Doctors and patients piece together symptoms and run diagnostic tests until the entire picture develops. But, without a reliable diagnostic test, medical personnel are missing vital pieces, relying only on parts of the information. Currently no definitive diagnostic test exists for Burkholderia, a category B agent caused by Burkholderia......
