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- Superbug: British researchers challenge India's stand
The researchers have challenged the stand of Indian health authorities who have been maintaining that drug-resistant pathogens such as the ...
- 100 million Indians could be carrying the superbug NDM-1
The carriage rate of NDM-1 in India is between 100 and 200 million, which means that NDM-1 has become a very serious public health issue.
- Canadian who's never been to India has superbug
NDM-1, the enzyme associated with extensive antibiotic resistance that was found in India last year, has jumped to new bacteria strains and...
- Delhi weather helps the NDM-1 superbug thrive
The rate at which the NDM-1 gene is copied and transferred between different bacteria was highest at 30°C - a temperature common in Delhi.