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The U.S. is seeing a rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a deadly "flesh-eating" bacteria found in warm coastal waters ...
Deaths from “flesh-eating” bacteria are on the rise across the southeastern coasts of the U.S. At least five people in ...
Four dead and 17 hospitalized from "flesh-eating" bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, in Louisiana waters. What to know about ...
The Florida Department of Health has confirmed 5 people have died in the state due to Vibrio vulnificus infections.
“Vibrio infections are often associated with eating raw or under-cooked shellfish such as oysters, clams, shrimp and scallops,” Jones said, noting that some species of Vibrio can enter the body ...
Vibrio vulnificus is an opportunistic marine pathogen that can cause severe, sometimes fatal, infections in humans, ...
So far this year, the state reports 7 infections caused by vibrio vulnificus, often called flesh-eating bacteria, and more than 50 likely infections with other strains of vibrio bacteria.
Cases of "flesh-eating" bacteria infections are climbing across the Southeast. North Carolina has tallied 59 Vibrio infections and one death this year, while Florida and Louisiana have recorded eight ...
Bay County’s Florida Department of Health officials have confirmed another death caused by Vibrio Vulnificus, commonly ...
The coastal states of the United States, including Florida and Louisiana, are reporting a rising number of infections caused ...