an hour agoThe “mivorous disease” is spreading rapidly
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Doctors have warned that a <x0mivorous” is spreading rapidly into various parts of Australia, and there is still no way to treat the disease. They issued an urgent scientific response “to the situation, known by many names, but most often as the Bainsdale ulcer. It is also often referred to as the Buruli ulcer or [...]
Doctors have warned that a <x0mivorous” is spreading rapidly into various parts of Australia, and there is still no way to treat the disease.
They issued an urgent scientific response “to the situation, known by many names, but most often as the Bainsdale ulcer.
It is also often referred to as the Buruli ulcer, or Daintree ulcer, because it occurs in northern parts of Queensland, a report by Australia's Medical Journal reveals.
The report includes graphic images of the ulcer, which contains the flesh of an 11-year-old boy from the Mornington Peninsula, the region near Melborne, where confirmed infections have increased 400 percent in the last four years.
Bacteria that cause ulcers to join its host and cause severe devastating “leletions of skin and soft tissue, resulting in significant diseases”, the report says.
All age groups, including small children, are affected, and the emotional and psychological impact on their patients and caregivers is significant”.
Infectious disease specialist Daniel O'Brien told Fairfax that Victoria is in the middle of an explosive “pidem”
It's a very scary explosion in case numbers“, said Dr. O'Brien, associate professor of Melbourne University.
The time to wait has disappeared. We need to act “.
The disease is believed to spread through mosquitoes, or through the slice of opossum that have been bitten by mosquitoes.
