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What is melioidosis, or Nightcliff Gardener's Disease, and how severe can it be?

When you think of deadly threats in Australia's north, most people would think crocodiles or nasty jellyfish. 

But it turns out there's another lethal predator found right across the Top End, and it could be found right beneath your feet.

Authorities in the Northern Territory are this wet season tracking an unusual increase in melioidosis infections, otherwise known as Nightcliff Gardener's Disease.

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