Microbe Magazine

Cover: A European rook (Corvus frugilegus). These common and wide-ranging scavengers may have a role in the distribution of drug-resistant enterococci in Europe (see p. 196). (Image © Roger Wilmshurst/Science Source).
Cover: A European rook (Corvus frugilegus). These common and wide-ranging scavengers may have a role in the distribution of drug-resistant enterococci in Europe (see p. 196). (Image © Roger Wilmshurst/Science Source).
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Emerging Microbial Threats: Communication Challenges and Opportunities
In its 1992 consensus study on emerging infections, a committee of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in Washington, D.C., identified numerous challenges to face in coping with outbreaks caused by newly recognized infectious agents in the United States and around the world. One recurrent theme is th...
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Pitting Microbes against One Another
To quell a variety of infectious diseases, scientists are engaging nonpathogenic bacteria and viruses to counteract the culprit microbial pathogens that so far resist more conventional control approaches. This strategy is being pursued against a range of pathogens, including those responsible for...
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