Skip to main content   1. News   2. Top News  Vibrio vulnificus:
31 ill with 10 dead in Florida  See also  Thirty-one people have
been infected with vibrio vulnifucus in Florida’s waters and ten
of those persons have died, according to Fox News on Saturday.
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Vibrio vulnificus is acquired by a person when they are in sea
water and, usually, have an impaired immune system due to a
condition such as cancer. The infection is caused by bacteria in
warm salt water as Florida has in its waters. The bacteria are
in the group of bacterium that causes cholera.  Florida’s health
officials stated that there are two ways that a person can
develop vibro vulnificus. One is by eating raw, tainted
shellfish which are usually oysters. The other way is when an
open wound comes in contact with bacteria in warm seawater.  The
symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
Furthermore, if the bacteria get into one’s bloodstream,
symptoms such as fever and chills