#vibrios

A follow up to my previous post on Vibrio prevalence in North and South Carolina! A great example of how climate change won’t just affect wildlife and natural places, but also human health! And this is just the tip of the melting iceberg of climate change and human health interactions…..

What is vibrio? Deadly flesh-eating bacteria migrates to odd place in Carolina waters

Did y’all have flesh eating bacteria on your 2020 bingo card? Vibrio bacteria has been wreaking havoc long before 2020, and will only become more prevalent with the effects of climate change. Unfortunately, this has to be treated as an emerging threat to human health. Currently, severe vibrio infection (“flesh-eating”) is rare, but lesser forms of infection often go undiagnosed. This could lead to cases going unreported, and the threat underestimated.

A flesh-eating bacteria lurking in the ocean is killing people in the Carolinas