'The bacteria invades the body's tissues and [sometimes] the only way to save the life of these individuals is to amputate,' Rita Colwell told Newsweek.
A group of potentially lethal bacterial species are on the rise in Florida and could spread to the rest of the United States, experts have warned.Vibrio bacteria are an aquatic group of microorganisms that can be found in warm coastal waters around the Gulf states. Vibrio bacteria cause an estimated 80,000 infections in the U.S. each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .Most of the infections result in mild or severe diarrhea and other gastrointestinal issues.
Following this spike, Colwell and her colleagues at the Universities of Maryland and Florida combined genetic analysis with satellite and environmental data to detect species of Vibrio bacteria in water and oyster samples from Florida's Lee County, an area which, according to the Florida Department of Health, had the highest caseload of infections in the state after the hurricane.
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