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USA – Vibrio vulnificans – Raw Shellfish

The Global Despatch V

This organism is not really on the radar in the UK but is the the USA top ten.

As summer arrives and the waters get warmer, The Florida Department of Health is urging Floridians with certain health conditions to avoid eating raw oysters and exposing open wounds to seawater and estuarine water, which may harbor bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus.Health officials have already reported six cases this year; four due to the infection of an open wound and two from consuming raw shellfish.