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Epidemic of flesh-eating bug

As medical experts warn urgent funding is needed to tackle a worsening epidemic of a flesh-eating infection in Victoria, here is a look at the Buruli ulcer.

A young boy in the Ivory Coast shows his arm skin damaged by Buruli ulcer, also known as the Bairnsdale ulcer or Searl ulcer, as he waits to get treatment on September 12, 2009.

A child in the Ivory Coast shows his arm which has been damaged by Buruli ulcer in 2009. Source: AFP


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Presented by Maram Ismail

Source: AAP



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