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Anyone who tests positive for Vibrio vulnificus can report these cases to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
Posted Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 3:59 pm ET
GEORGIA — Health officials are warning of a rare flesh-eating bacterium known as Vibrio vulnificus, found naturally in warm coastal waters, that has killed at least eight people along the East Coast this summer.
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