Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) He kaimahi i te Tulane National Primate Research Center e tata ana ki New Orleans kua whakamatautauria he pai mo te mate kino o te huakita i puritia i te whare. Kaore te kaimahi i mate, a ko Jason McDonald, he kaikorero mo nga Whare mo te Whakahaere Mate me te aukati, i kii ko nga huakita kaore pea e raru ki te taupori whanui. I whakamātauria te kaimahi ki te pānga o Burkholderia pseudomallei, e taea ai te pānga melioidosis, te mate o Whitmore. "Ko te nuinga o te mate o nga taiao wera, ina koa i te Tonga ki te Rāwhiti o Ahia me te raki o Ahitereiria kei reira te whanui", e ai ki te paetukutuku CDC. Kei te tatari te CDC ki nga hua whakamātautau atu hei whakatau mehemea i puta te paanga ki te pokapū rangahau, ki tetahi atu waahi ranei, i kii a McDonald. Kei te whare wānanga te CDC me te Tari Ahuwhenua o Amerika, e haere tonu ana i tētahi rangahau i tīmata i Whiringa-ā-rangi i te wā i kitea ai e rua ngā mōkai he mate a Whitmore. E ono ētahi atu he ārai mate e tohu ana i te pānga ki te huakita. Mai i taua wā, kei te mahi ngā rangatira hauora ā-rohe me ngā rangatira ā-rohe, ā-rohe hoki ki te tirotiro i te pūtake. Kua oti ngā whakamātautau toto i te tata ki te 70 o ngā kararehe i te pokapū, ā, kotahi te whakamātautau pai mō ngā ārai mate, e ai ki a McDonald. E ai ki te CDC, "ko te huakita e pā ana ki te mate melioidosis kei roto i te wai poke me te oneone. Ka horapa atu ki te tangata me te kararehe mā te whakapā tika ki te pūtake poke".
E mea ana te CDC kāore ngā huakita i te whakawehi i te iwi whānui. Ka taea e Burkholderia pseudomallei te whakaputa i te mate melioidosis, te mate Whitmore ranei.