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World Health Organization Names 12 Superbugs. Most Are Present In India.

World Health Organization Names 12 Superbugs. Most Are Present In India.

by The Daily Eye Team March 7 2017, 3:18 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 26 secs

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant `priority pathogens' -a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. This is bad news for India as most of these 12 superbugs are present in the country .The list was drawn up to promote research and development of new antibiotics, the global health agency said, adding that the move was part of efforts to address the problem of growing global resistance to antimicrobial medicines.

 

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