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Pandemics
Reports by N.J. Croucher and co-researchers describe recent advances in pandemics
April 21st, 2009
According to a study from Cambridge, the United Kingdom, "Streptococcus pneumoniae is a human commensal and pathogen able to cause a variety of diseases that annually result in over a million deaths worldwide. The S. pneumoniae(Spain23F) sequence type 81 lineage was among the first recognized pandemic clones and was responsible for almost 40% of penicillin-resistant pneumococcal infections in the United States in the late 1990s." "Analysis of the chromosome sequence of a representative strain, and comparison with other available genomes, indicates roles for integrative and conjugative elements in the evolution of pneumococci and, more particularly, the emergence of the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-21)
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