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Buruli ulcer: What it’s like being infected with flesh-eating bacteria

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WARNING: Graphic images.It is a terrifying thought that just as Melburnians complete their latest lockdown to avoid the spread of one virus, another has come knocking at the door.
News spread quickly on Tuesday that a flesh-eating bacteria known as the Buruli ulcer had been discovered in Melbourne’s north – in suburbs where it has never before been seen.
Residents were put on alert in inner-north suburbs of Essendon, Mooney Ponds and Brunswick West by chief health officer Brett Sutton who issued…

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