Flesh-Eating Buruli Bacteria

Flesh-Eating Buruli Bacteria Spreads in Melbourne’s Ascot Vale Suburb

Victoria has experienced a rise in cases of Buruli ulcer, a flesh-eating bacterial infection, prompting the state’s chief health officer, Prof Ben Cowie, to issue a warning about the increasing spread of the disease through suburban Melbourne. Buruli ulcer, which has been present in Australia since the 1940s, is found...