While infections are rare, the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus thrives in Florida's warm, salty waters year-round. To protect yourself from this life-threatening infection, avoid swimming and fishing in brackish water with open wounds or handling and eating raw seafood.| Emerging Pathogens Institute » University of Florida
The terrifying rise of a flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm coastal waters has claimed four more lives, this time| IJR