date:Jul 31, 2017
through a wound. One of three people sickened with a Vibrio vulnificus infection die.
Vibriosis causes about 80,000 illnesses and 100 deaths in this country every year. Most of these illnesses occur in May through October, when the water temperatures are warm. But you can get sick from eating raw or undercooked oysters any time of the year.
Vibrio bacteria cause illness two ways. You can either ingest the bacteria through contaminated food, or it can enter your body through a wound or a scrap