Infections from Vibrio vulnificus are a summer staple, and are increasing along with global warning. There are often clusters of life-threatening infections from cuts infected by seawater. Fulminant Vibrio infections are most commonly acquired from cuts in seawater becoming infected. Symptoms of Vibrio infection can range from vomiting and diarrhea, to fulminant sepsis with shock, kidney and other organ failure, and death. Climate changeIt’s well known that Vibrio infections occur in warm seawater, and the temperature can be used to predict, up to 93% of the time, areas likely to have V. vulnificus.

Source: Forbes July 29, 2017 10:52 UTC