Iron overload disease causes rapid growth of potentially deadly bacteria

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 12:00 in Health & Medicine

Every summer, the news reports on a bacterium called Vibrio vulnificus found in warm saltwater that causes people to get sick, or die, after they eat raw tainted shellfish or when an open wound comes in contact with seawater.

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