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Tuesday 20 February 2018

Typhoid outbreak: Genetic cause of extensive drug-resistance found

Typhoid outbreak: Genetic cause of extensive drug-resistance found The genetic cause behind a strain of typhoid's resistance to five classes of antibiotics has been uncovered by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators. There is currently a major outbreak of typhoid fever in Pakistan. This study shows the typhoid strain causing the outbreak acquired an additional piece of DNA to become resistant to multiple antibiotics, including a third-generation antibiotic. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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