Here’s Where People Have Contracted Flesh-Eating Bacteria in 2019
Each summer, as the waters along the U.S. coastline heat up, cases of flesh-eating bacteria start to grow. The parasite — which can be deadly, depending on the type — thrives in water with temperatures that stay above 55 degrees year round, making the southern portion of the Atlantic coastline a common source of cases.
After the Fourth of July weekend, four people developed flesh-eating bacteria — a man in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, and two men who died from necrotizing fasciitis, one in Okaloosa County, Florida and another on Magnolia Beach in Texas.The three other cases were from other areas — one in Waterloo, Alabama, along the Tennessee River, another at Ocean View Beach near Norfolk, Virginia and one in Ocean City, Maryland.
While most cases are in the southern part of the Eastern Seaboard, the flesh-eating bacteria vibrio is spreading north because of climate change, a new study found. Between 2017 and 2018, there were five cases where people contracted the bacteria in the Delaware Bay, or near Delaware and New Jersey. RELATED: Flesh-Eating Bacteria Spreads to East Coast Beaches, Infecting People Crabbing in Delaware Bay
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