Month: June 2017

buruli bairnsdale flesh eating ulcer

Possums, mosquitos and a growing instance of ulcers

Once again, the innocent-looking possum is the prime suspect: In the past five years, instances of a flesh-eating ulcer have tripled in the state of Victoria. Although it’s been around in the Mornington and Bellarine peninsulas since the 1990s, a rapid increase in Buruli aka Bairnsdale ulcers has also spread to Phillip Island and the