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Is it safe to go into the sea?

Climate change and the increasing risk of human Vibrio infections

  • Thu 7 Dec 23

    13:00 - 14:00

  • Colchester Campus

    STEM 3.1

  • Event speaker

    Elizabeth Archer

  • Event type

    Lectures, talks and seminars

  • Event organiser

    Life Sciences, School of

  • Contact details

    Terrence McGinity

Vibrio bacteria are natural components of the marine microbial community. However, several Vibrio species are confirmed human pathogens which can cause disease through raw seafood consumption or exposure of open wounds to seawater. Of note is Vibrio vulnificus: a serious, opportunistic pathogen capable of causing necrotising wound infections and septicaemia in humans, with a fatality rate of ~20%.

Speaker

Elizabeth completed her undergraduate studies in Marine Biology at the University of Essex in 2019. Her dissertation project on the spatial ecology of coral disease with Dave Smith first sparked her interest in Vibrio bacteria, which can cause disease in marine organisms as well as humans.


Elizabeth Archer

Elizabeth Archer

Senior Research Officer

School of Life Sciences, University of Essex

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