Vietnam’s Dak Lak reports another death due to Whitmore’s disease
Vietnam News 10:21 13/09/2025The Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam on Friday confirmed a third death this year caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacterium that triggers the dangerous Whitmore’s disease.
Woman dies of Whitmore’s disease in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 14:00 24/10/2023The illness leads to the necrosis of numerous organs
Vietnam’s Central Highlands province records first Whitmore’s disease case
Vietnam News 16:44 21/04/2023The mortality rate from the disease is quite high, over 40 percent
15-year-old boy dies of Whitmore's disease in Hanoi
Vietnam News 15:27 13/11/2022The has died of Whitmore's disease despite treatment at a hospital in Hanoi
Whitmore’s disease outbreak kills four in central Vietnam province
Vietnam News 13:03 25/11/2020Quang Tri reported 24 cases of the disease