Study reveals why highly infectious cholera variant mysteriously died out
Scientists say continuous monitoring of the cholera bug genome is key to preventing outbreaks of new variants.
Diphtheria risks becoming ‘major global threat’ again as it evolves resistance to antimicrobials
Diphtheria – a relatively easily-preventable infection – is evolving to become resistant to a number of classes of antibiotics and in future could lead to vaccine escape, warn researchers from the UK and India.