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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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Tracking a deadly shapeshifter

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 Communications Team bacteria, Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, pneumonia, poppunk, serotypes, Streptococcus pneumoniae, vaccination, vaccines min read

A global child killer constantly changes its coat to evade destruction, but a worldwide network of scientists is using genetics to get one step ahead.

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