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Louisiana has confirmed nine Vibrio vulnificus infections this year; all nine people were hospitalised and five died, against a decade average of seven cases and one death for the same period. Officials urge immediate medical care if a wound exposed to brackish or salt water becomes red, swollen, painful, warm or discoloured.

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