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Title: Bacteria Without Borders: The Fight Against TB & Malaria
Post by: riky on June 02, 2013, 09:00:18 AM
Bacteria Without Borders: The Fight Against TB & Malaria

In this series on superbugsâ€"meaning bacteria that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibioticsâ€"we’ve looked at germs on a national level. But you probably already know that bugs don’t respect borders: Drug resistance is definitely a global problem. And there are two particularly troubling examples when it comes to global drug resistance to bacteria: tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. We’ll take a look at each here:

Source: Bacteria Without Borders: The Fight Against TB & Malaria (http://news.yahoo.com/bacteria-without-borders-fight-against-tb-malaria-172208473.html)