The Wire Weekly 21 December 2024
A wrap up of the week on The Wire ! Image: Image: The Wire Produced By: Roderick Chambers First aired on The Wire, Saturday 21 December 2024
Buruli ulcer
Flesh Eating Buruli Ulcer hits Batemans Bay
Two cases of the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection) have been found in Batemans Bay on the south coast of New South Wales. Some years ago there had been a case in Eden, the only other place in NSW where Buruli ulcer was likely to have been locally acquired. Buruli has been rampant in …