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Measles can be life-threatening, and outbreaks are still occuring. Image credit: Credit: David Haygarth, flickr
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Vaccines: Life savers against infectious diseases

August 2, 2019October 31, 2019 Communications Team E. coli, etec, group a streptococcus, hpv, Infectious disease, malaria, measles, Plasmodium, polio, smallpox, vaccines min read

Smallpox has been stamped out and various other diseases are declining, thanks to vaccination. But not all diseases have vaccines yet – can genomics help speed up the search?

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Placing drug-resistant strains of E. coli into a broader context

July 18, 2017June 29, 2018 Communications Team blood, bloodstream, E. coli, infections min read

18.7.17 Samples of E. coli were isolated from patients with bloodstream infections over eleven years. Teemu Kallonen, Julian Parkhill and Sharon Peacock discuss what their genomic study on this collection reveals.

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Patience is a virtue for tolerant bacteria

March 13, 2015June 29, 2018 Communications Team antibiotic resistance, antibiotic tolerance, E. coli min read

13.03.15 How do microbes develop a tolerance to antibiotics? Research into the genetic mechanisms suggest it’s something of a waiting game, explains Kate Baker

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