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Savannah Meacham

'Huge shock': unprecedented rise of killer soil disease

Father-of-two Evan Brown died in 2024 after contracting the soil-borne disease melioidosis. (HANDOUT/SARAH BROWN)

Evan Brown thought he had been suffering from the flu after being sick on and off for a month.

But soon after his 40th birthday, the Cairns father-of-two was rushed to hospital.

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