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User ID: 69140308 United States 05/11/2015 07:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Drug-resistant 'superbug' strain of typhoid spreads worldwide. An antibiotic-resistant "superbug" strain of typhoid fever has spread globally, driven by a single family of the bacteria, called H58, according to the findings of a large international study. The research, involving some 74 scientists in almost two dozen countries, is one of the most comprehensive sets of genetic data on a human infectious agent and paints a worrying scene of an "ever-increasing public health threat", they said. Typhoid is contracted by drinking or eating contaminated matter and symptoms include nausea, fever, abdominal pain and pink spots on the chest. Untreated, the disease can lead to complications in the gut and head, which may prove fatal in up to 20 percent of patients. Vaccines are available -- although, due to limited cost effectiveness, not widely used in poorer countries -- and regular strains of the infection can be treated with antibiotic drugs. However, this study found that the H58 "superbug" version, which is resistant to multiple types of antibiotics, is now becoming dominant."H58 is displacing other typhoid strains, completely transforming the genetic architecture of the disease and creating a previously under appreciated and on-going epidemic," the researchers said in a statement about their findings.MORE.... [ link to news.yahoo.com] "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." --William Pitt |
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User ID: 69140308 United States 05/11/2015 09:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Drug-resistant 'superbug' strain of typhoid spreads worldwide. "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." --William Pitt |
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User ID: 69129843 United States 05/11/2015 09:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Drug-resistant 'superbug' strain of typhoid spreads worldwide. Well isn't this marvelous, now I don't have to worry about dieing of dog flu. |
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User ID: 69140308 United States 05/11/2015 09:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Drug-resistant 'superbug' strain of typhoid spreads worldwide.
Well isn't this marvelous, now I don't have to worry about dieing of dog flu.
Quoting: Mountainman15 Maybe not dog flu Thread: Dog flu outbreaks temporarily close shelters, suspend adoptions in south Chicago's Tinley Park area but maybe Thread: More than 38 million birds DEAD! Signs of AIRBORNE H5N2 found. USDA finds H5N8 bird flu strain in Indiana "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." --William Pitt |
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User ID: 69140308 United States 05/12/2015 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Drug-resistant 'superbug' strain of typhoid spreads worldwide. last "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." --William Pitt |
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User ID: 69188451 United States 05/12/2015 06:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Drug-resistant 'superbug' strain of typhoid spreads worldwide. |