Associate Professor Daniel O'Brien

Deputy Director, Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health; Royal Melbourne Hospital; Honorary, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

Australia’s flesh-eating bug outbreak needs urgent research

A localised epidemic in temperate Australia of the rare tropical Buruli ulcer has exposed a major gap in scientific knowledge that needs filling – now

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