Climate change causes the flesh-eating bacteria which is present in seawater, to move up the US east coast

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According to the CDC, this flesh eating bacteria can cause life threatening wounds and fatal infections as well

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Many people with the Vibrio vulnificus infection require intensive care or limb amputations as a result

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Vibrio vulnificus infections lead to necrotizing fasciitis, a severe infection where the flesh around the wound dies

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Studies show, between 1988 and 2016, there were over 1,100 wound infections reported in the USA, with 159 fatalities

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The concerned team has predicted that between the years 2040 to 2060, the bacteria would spread alarmingly

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During the summer months, the infections may spread rapidly till the state of Maine which is 1000 kms from the coast

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During 1980s, infections were rare beyond the southern state of Georgia – on roughly the same latitude as Morocco

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