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Explainer: what is the flesh-eating bacterium that causes Buruli ulcer and how can I avoid it?

  • Written by: Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
imageReports of Buruli ulcer cases are on the rise on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.michaelgreenhill/Flickr, CC BY

A Victorian teenager was recently reported to be suffering from a Buruli ulcer, an infection caused by the “flesh-eating” bacteria Mycobacterium ulcerans. She was said to have caught it on Victoria’s Mornington...

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