{"id":148423,"date":"2022-10-18T17:23:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T22:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/florida-sees-surge-in-deadly-bacterial-infections-post-hurricane-ian"},"modified":"2022-10-18T17:23:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T22:23:32","slug":"florida-sees-surge-in-deadly-bacterial-infections-post-hurricane-ian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/florida-sees-surge-in-deadly-bacterial-infections-post-hurricane-ian","title":{"rendered":"Florida sees surge in deadly bacterial infections post-Hurricane Ian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/florida-sees-surge-in-deadly-bacterial-infections-post-hurricane-ian2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida is reporting a surge in deadly infections caused by the bacteria <em>Vibrio vulnificus<\/em> in the <a class=\"\" data-vars-link-text=\"aftermath of Hurricane Ian\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/09\/30\/hurricane-ian-florida-death-toll\" data-vars-content-id=\"3babbd49-958b-4b48-a1c7-9760f31e23e4\" data-vars-headline=\"Florida sees surge in deadly bacterial infections post-Hurricane Ian\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/09\/30\/hurricane-ian-florida-death-toll\" target=\"_self\">aftermath of Hurricane Ian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the news: <\/strong>Lee County alone has recorded 29 cases and 4 deaths as of Friday, <a class=\"\" data-vars-link-text=\"according to Florida's Department of Health\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/diseases-and-conditions\/vibrio-infections\/vibrio-vulnificus\/\" data-vars-content-id=\"3babbd49-958b-4b48-a1c7-9760f31e23e4\" data-vars-headline=\"Florida sees surge in deadly bacterial infections post-Hurricane Ian\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/diseases-and-conditions\/vibrio-infections\/vibrio-vulnificus\/\" target=\"_blank\">according to Florida\u2019s Department of Health<\/a>. The state\u2019s overall numbers have risen to 65 cases and 11 deaths, compared to 34 cases and 10 deaths in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details: <\/strong>Found in warm, brackish water, <em>Vibrio vulnificus<\/em> usually enters human bodies through the consumption of raw or undercooked seafood, though it can also cause infections through open wounds, according to the <a class=\"\" data-vars-link-text=\"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vibrio\/wounds.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"3babbd49-958b-4b48-a1c7-9760f31e23e4\" data-vars-headline=\"Florida sees surge in deadly bacterial infections post-Hurricane Ian\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vibrio\/wounds.html\" target=\"_blank\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida is reporting a surge in deadly infections caused by the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Driving the news: Lee County alone has recorded 29 cases and 4 deaths as of Friday, according to Florida\u2019s Department of Health. The state\u2019s overall numbers have risen to 65 cases and 11 deaths, compared [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}