How a new mosquito trap trial could stop the spread of flesh-eating bacteria
Researchers in Victoria, Australia, are trialing eco-friendly mosquito traps to combat the spread of the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer. The study aims to disrupt the transmission cycle between mosquitoes, possums, and humans.
Why it matters
Addressing the rising incidence of Buruli ulcers through innovative entomological control could prevent significant public health crises.
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Share A A A At first, it looked like an innocuous insect bite on the top of Sarah Fowler’s foot.
The 52-year-old Brunswick woman noticed the small raised bump while staying with her parents on the Mornington Peninsula on New Year’s Day last year.
Sarah Fowler was diagnosed with a Buruli ulcer last year after being bitten by an infected mosquito months earlier in Brunswick West. Joe Armao She went to a GP who prescribed her antibiotics. But the bump kept growing until it looked like a golf ball and her foot began to swell and ache.
Weeks later, a doctor at a hospital emergency department diagnosed her with a flesh-eating Buruli ulcer.
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