Florida Flesh Eating Bacteria Map 2025. It can cause fever, chills, low blood. When hurricane ian struck southwest florida in september 2022, it unleashed a variety of vibrio bacteria that can cause illness and death in humans, according to a new study.

The florida department of health has reported 74 cases of vibrio vulnificus in 2024, matching the record number of cases recorded in 2022 following hurricane ian. It can cause fever, chills, low blood.