03 | Outbreaks: The mozzie mystery

It starts as a mozzie bite ... but then it turns into something much worse.

And the search for a cause stretches back decades.

How did flesh-eating bacteria come to be in Melbourne's inner suburbs?

And what do possums have to do with it?

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Guests:

Kylah

Melbourne

Professor Paul Johnson

Infectious diseases physician, Austin Health and University of Melbourne

Professor Tim Stinear

Molecular microbiologist, Doherty Institute and University of Melbourne