Flesh-Eating Bacteria Might Be Spreading as Oceans Warm, Researchers Say
The sun sets over Delaware Bay. (EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images) At a Glance New research focused on five cases of the disease linked to Delaware Bay.The five were infected with vibrio vulnificus, which caused the flesh-eating disease.The bacteria is typically found in warm, brackish water. Global warming could be fueling a spread of flesh-eating bacteria, scientists say. A in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine linked warmer temperatures in Delaware Bay to five recent cases of people infected with vibrio vulnificus,...