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| Epidemic of drug-resistant typhoid is spreading through Pakistan |
| 2018-04-16 |
| [DailyMail] A drug-resistant strain of typhoid is spreading through Pakistan and has infected at least 850 people since 2016. The strain which is resistant to five types of antibiotics is predicted to spread across the globe, according to the National Institute of Health Islamabad. It is expected to replace the weaker strains in areas where they are common as experts recognise just one remaining working antibiotic. Azithromycin is the only remaining method of combating the disease however just one more genetic mutation could void the use of the drug. Campaigners are predicting that if modern sanitation systems don't tackle the pathogen then we could be faced with a return to the pre-antibiotic era. Emphasis added. Perhaps if the Land Of The Pure spent more on sewage treatment and less on Madrassahs, Jihadis, Nukes, and proxy war on their neighbors I might even be sympathetic |
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