Alice is among a growing number of Victorians battling this flesh-eating ulcer. Scientists say they now know why

As Buruli ulcer cases rise in Victoria, Australian researchers say they have finally solved the ‘transmission enigma’

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When Alice Mika was bitten by a mosquito last summer in Melbourne’s west, she didn’t think anything of it.

Then, a small raised bump appeared on her ankle more than five months later and wouldn’t go away. She saw her GP who prescribed antibiotics, believing it to be a spider bite.

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