FLESH EATING DISEASE WV Man Wins Battle Over Potentially Deadly Infection
Reported by: Deborah Linz
Videographer: Matt Durrett
Web Producer: Deborah Linz
Reported: Jun. 21, 2012 5:30 PM EDT
Updated: Jun. 21, 2012 6:23 PM EDT
EYEWITNESS ONLINE WEBCAST VIDEO C L I C K T O P L A Y
Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
Over the last few months, we've reported on several people in the U.S. contracting the potentially deadly Flesh Eating Disease. Last week one of those victims died.
So what is this rare but extremely virulent infection? We take closer look. And, a warning, some pictures may be hard to look at.
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