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Flesh-eating bug outbreak found in Victoria and health experts don't know how to stop it

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A supplied image obtained Monday, April 16, 2018 of a severe Mycobacterium ulcerans lesion on the knee of an 11-year-old boy. A flesh-eating bug which causes an infectious disease called Buruli ulcer is on the rise in regional Victoria and researchers don

Kob mob Myobacterium Ulcerans uas noj ib tug me nyuam tub ntawm Vicotoria hauv caug (AAP Image/Medical Journal of Australia) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY Source: AAP

So far health experts have figured out that possums feces contain the flesh-eating bug (Mycobacterium ulcerans-Buruli ulcer) and mosquito might spread this disease to human. But how can we prevent it or treat it?

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So far health experts have figured out that possums feces contain the flesh-eating bug (Mycobacterium ulcerans-Buruli ulcer) and mosquito might spread this disease to human. But how can we prevent it or treat it?

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Risk areas of guruli ulcer
Cov chaw uas muaj neeg tau tus mob bacteria hu ua Myobacterium Ulcerans los yog Guruli Ulcer uas noj tib neeg cov nqaij ntawm xeev Victoria (VIC Health) Source: VIC Health

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