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Ancient illness that kills 110,000 a year  rapidly becoming resistant to antibiotics as it mutates

Ancient illness that kills 110,000 a year  rapidly becoming resistant to antibiotics as it mutates

An ancient killer has become all the more dangerous with time, mutating often to better sidestep medications. The bacterium that causes typhoid fever, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S Typhi), has evolved to resist common antibiotics. In 2022, a group of researchers from around the world identified more than 4,000 strains obtained from blood samples from over 70 countries as extensively …

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