Several states have reported cases of Vibrio vulnificus tied to widespread heatwaves and warming coastal waters this summer.
bacteria that cause human illness, with the most infamous of these diseases being cholera. People usually catch these bacteria from eating undercooked or raw shellfish, and most infections are mild or self-limiting.is usually contracted from having open wounds exposed to the water.
typically lives in warm salt or brackish waters off the coast, and most cases tend to happen during the summer around the Gulf Coast states like Louisiana and Mississippi. But as with many other infectious diseases, climate change appears to have made these infections a more frequent and widespread problem.
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