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Posted Fri Dec 4 2009: from SciDev.net:
African killer is a new Salmonella strain http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1259961028
A deadly type of Salmonella that is killing one in four infected people in Africa is a new strain, scientists have discovered. Salmonella enterica Typhimurium is a foodborne bug that causes diarrhoea and is usually non-fatal. The strain found in Africa was thought to kill only people with compromised immune systems. But now a collaboration between African and UK scientists to genetically sequence the strain -- called ST313 -- has shown that it has mutated to become resistant to many commonly used drugs.
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