In Australia, mosquitoes and possums may spread a flesh-eating disease

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In Australia, mosquitoes and possums may spread a flesh-eating disease
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Some mosquitoes buzzing around parts of Australia could be ferrying dangerous cargo from possums to people: flesh-eating bacteria.

that largely occurs across areas of Australia and Africa . Antibiotics can help ulcers heal completely, but untreated cases can cause scarring, permanent disfigurement and disability.

Figuring out exactly what animals may harbor the bacteria and how they come into contact with people could help with efforts to control the disease. But a link between the possums, mosquitoes and people hadn’t been found. The research provides “pretty compelling” evidence that mosquitoes could be transmitting the disease in Australia, says Jennifer Guthrie, a microbiologist and epidemiologist at Western University in London, Canada, who wasn’t involved in the work.is a slow-growing microbe. It can take from two to nine months before people develop symptoms of the flesh-eating disease. “Pinpointing transmission of something that happened months and months ago is really challenging,” Guthrie says.

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