$3m Vic research to beat flesh-eating bug

By Benita Kolovos
Updated April 26 2018 - 6:07pm, first published 5:59pm
Federal government funding will try to link the spread of the Buruli ulcer to mosquitoes.
Federal government funding will try to link the spread of the Buruli ulcer to mosquitoes.

Australia must use its research muscle to help stop the spread of a mysterious flesh-eating disease, the academic tasked with a multi-million project into its transmission in the southeast says.

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