Vibrio vulnificus naturally lives in warm, salty or brackish water. It comes from the same family as the bacteria that causes cholera. Vibrio can be found in waters around the world. In the US ...

Vibrio vulnificus, known as the flesh-eating bacteria, has killed 5 people in Florida this year, according to the state's health department. Overall, at least a dozen people have died from the ...

Infections with the deadly, flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus are rare — but they may be on the rise in parts of the United States. The bacteria are found naturally in warm seawater ...

Eating raw or undercooked shellfish, particularly oysters, is the most common way of becoming infected, CDC says Flesh-eating bacteria known as vibrio vulnificus is just one species of vibrio ...

But the CDC's latest warning points to an additional suspect, a type of bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus. There are only 150 to 200 cases of Vibrio vulnificus in the U.S. each year, but the ...

Just a quick note: Vibrio vulnificus bacteria can cause serious wound infections that can lead to a condition known as necrotizing fasciitis, aka flesh-eating disease—that’s why it’s often ...

According to the FDOH, two people in Hillsborough County and two in Sarasota County have died from infections from the rare Vibrio vulnificus bacteria since January. Surrounding counties Charlotte ...

Vibrio vulnificus bacteria can be found in raw or undercooked seafood, but also naturally occurs in saltwater and brackish water. You can be infected with Vibrio when an open wound comes into ...

In the wake of Hurricane Idalia, health officials warned of a invisible threat in the lingering floodwaters: Vibrio vulnificus bacteria. The warning comes as serious infections from the bacteria ...

after they contracted Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but dangerous bacteria to humans. The bacteria is often associated with brackish waters, though sometimes, it’s also associated with eating raw or ...

"After heavy rainfall and flooding, the concentration of these bacteria may rise, particularly in brackish and saltwater environments." If Vibrio vulnificus bacteria infects a person, such as by ...