Laura Barajas had her arms and legs amputated after contracting the aggressive bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, likely from undercooked tilapia A San Jose mother lost her arms and legs after ...

And there is a little bit of truth to that. Oysters can carry a scary flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulnificus. You can get it from oysters or from swimming in warm brackish water.

LeBlanc went on to say that he “spent 12 days in the hospital and 8 days in ICU” after contracting the rare bacterial infection vibrio vulnificus. “I don’t remember much of it [and] I was ...

In a comment below his post, LeBlanc added he and Clark both “got vibrio vulnificus” from raw oysters. LeBlanc has 208,000 ...

Consider this: Almost all oysters in the Gulf of Mexico are infected with a flesh-eating bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus (Hlady & Klontz, 1996). The good news? Fewer than 50 cases of V. vulnificus ...

The warm and ecologically sensitive Gulf waters provide a thriving habitat for harmful pathogens, according to the CDC.

Vibrio are a group of marine bacteria that thrive in warm, brackish waters—where fresh water mixes with seawater—like the estuaries on the coast of Florida. While most species are harmless to humans, ...

Although Vibrio cholerae is the clan's most infamous species, at times, Vibrio vulnificus emerges as another terrifying foe.

AI algorithms and satellite remote sensing datasets can help track pathogens and the pathways in which these pathogens will ...

But it's still a scary story. The bacteria vibrio, vulnificus can kill someone within 48 hours. It lives in warm sea water. It can get into the body through, an open wound, even a tiny one like an ...