Two more people have died after consuming oysters contaminated with the vibrio vulnificus flesh-eating bacteria. There have been a total of 34 infections in Louisiana , US, with the state's overall death toll now at six. The situation is “just prolific right now”, according to Jennifer Armentor, molluscan shellfish program administrator at the Louisiana Department of Health. Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat along the Gulf Coast and the Eastern Seaboard of the US. Vibrio bacteria