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Weekly Digest: Over-the-counter antibiotics in India, a lethal strain of avian flu emerges and how zombies can improve outbreak
5 Apr 2013
A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.
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Posted by Suraj Pant
Tags: antibiotic use, antibiotics, data visualization, disease, drug resistance, flu, HAIs, health, new antibiotics, resistance, trends
Weekly digest: MRSA jumps from animals to humans, a new malaria drug, and World TB Day
29 Mar 2013
A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.An article in the International Science Times overviews the antibiotic resistance problem, and links to CDDEP’s ResistanceMap visualization tool. [International Science Times]
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Posted by Suraj Pant
Tags: animal use, antibiotic use, antibiotics, cost, disease, drug development, drug resistance, HAIs, health, mobile health, MRSA, new antibiotics, new drugs, prescribing, resistance, TB, trends
Weekly digest: Visualizing the malaria parasite life cycle, hospital infection prevention, and resistance in Australia
22 Mar 2013
A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.A new visualization from a recent CDDEP paper illustrates the life cycle of the malaria parasite. [CDDEP]
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Tags: animal use, antibiotic use, antibiotics, data visualization, disease, drug resistance, HAIs, malaria ecology, policy, resistance, trends
Weekly digest: New CRE report from the CDC, sex-selective abortion in India, and seasonal MRSA patterns
8 Mar 2013
A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.
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Posted by Suraj Pant
Tags: animal use, antibiotic use, antibiotics, cost, disease, drug development, drug resistance, Gram negative, HAIs, health, India, MRSA, new antibiotics, resistance, TB, trends
The CDC Reports: How common are CRE infections in the US and how can we control them?
5 Mar 2013
The latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) addresses the emerging threat of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). The MMWR, featuring a contribution from CDDEP researchers, reports on the rising prevalence of CREs in US health care facilities and stresses the need for increased surveillance and “a broader, multi-institutional or regional approach” to prevent and control infections.
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Tags: antibiotic use, antibiotics, community, cost, costs, disease, disease mapping, drug development, drug resistance, Gram negative, HAIs, health, MRSA, new antibiotics, new drugs, policy, prescribing, resistance, resistance policy, trends