Vibrio vulnificus -- United States
Flesh-eating bacteria have infected at least 5 men who were exposed to water in the Delaware Bay or who had eaten undercooked crabs from the bay since 2017. Researchers at Cooper University Health Care, where the men were treated, say the number of cases is increasing, though still relatively rare.
In an article being published [Mon 17 Jun 2019], in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the researchers caution that climate change could be a factor in the uptick. The cases should not cause alarm
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6528807&promed&0
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