Defining DNA differences to track and tackle typhoid
Monday, July 28, 2008 - 00:28
in Biology & Nature
For the first time, next-generation DNA sequencing technologies have been turned on typhoid fever - a disease that kills 600,000 people each year. The results will help to improve diagnosis, tracking of disease spread and could help to design new strategies for vaccination.
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