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The bacteria causes a gangrenous rash that can keep patients in the hospital for months.
Scientists aren t sure how the infection spreads, but possums and mosquitoes may be involved.
A dangerous flesh-eating bacteria known as Buruli ulcer is infecting Australians at unusually high rates.
The infection typically starts with redness and inflammation that could be written off as an insect bite. Within days, the bacteria can turn flesh gangrenous, sometimes eating away at flesh until it reaches bone.
Buruli ulcer has been reported in 33 countries including Australia, Livia Albeck-Ripka wrote for the New York Times. Australia had the third-highest rates of the disease after Ghana and Nigeria in 2018.
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The panel is chaired by the Minister and comprises 15 mayors, chosen to represent a mix of metropolitan, interface, regional, small and large councils.
The members of the 2021 Local Government Mayoral Advisory Panel are:
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