Intestinal pathogen drops gene, spreads through body — and sub-Saharan Africa

Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 09:31 in Health & Medicine

Typhoid fever, caused by a strain of the bacterial pathogen Salmonella, is thought to have wiped out one-third of the population of Athens in 430 B.C. and continues to afflict millions of people worldwide. These days, the industrialized world’s ... Read more

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