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Yes, flesh-eating bacteria are in the warm coastal waters – but it doesn't mean you'll get sick

  • Written by Brian Labus, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Rising water temperature encourage the spread of bacteria in ocean waters.Jean Faucett/Shutterstock.com

Like humans, many bacteria like to spend time at the beach. The so-called flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, don’t just like the beach; they need it, and rely on seasalt for survival. And as with human beachgoers, the warmer the...

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