Lakshmi Gopinathan

Lakshmi Gopinathan is an Indian science writer and editor based in Mumbai. She was previously an editor with The Lancet Infectious Diseases and Nature Research. She has a doctoral degree and research experience in molecular and cell biology.

‘The Great Mimicker’: meet the deadly bacterium spreading worldwide

Melioidosis has now been detected in almost every state in India, is surging in Australia, is increasingly reported from Africa and was recently found in the US. What is this deadly disease and why is it so little-known?

29 Oct 2025

10 min read

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