October 19, 20229:13 AM ET
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/19/1129865243/flesh-eating-bacteria-florida-floodwater
A man tows a canoe through a flooded street of his neighborhood in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., last month.Vibrio vulnificusthrives in warm, brackish floodwaters.
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Parts of Florida hit hardest by Hurricane Ian are seeing nearly double the normal number of infections from a flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in brackish floodwaters.
According tothe Florida Department of Health, the state has seen 65 cases ofVibrio vulnificusinfections and 11 deaths from the bacterium in 2022. Lee County, where Ian made landfall on Sept 28 as a category 4 storm, accounts for 45% of the cases.
What isVibrio vulnificus?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventionsays that Vibrio vulnificus lives in warm seawater and is a type of foodborne illness-causing bacteria called “halophilic” because they…
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