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New "hypervirulent" strains of the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae have emerged in healthy people in community settings, prompting a National Institutes of Health research group to investigate how the human immune system ...
Sep 6, 2023
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NSW Health recently reported three cases of tetanus and the tragic death of a woman in her 80s—the first tetanus fatality in the state in 30 years.
Apr 18, 2023
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One of the most dreaded effects of the bite of the brown recluse spider (Loxosceles spp) is the appearance of a necrotic skin lesion, but a clinical study by Brazilian researchers recently reported in PLOS Neglected Tropical ...
Jan 11, 2023
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A global study, now published in Nature Communications, has found more than 63,000 people die from snakebites every year, as existing antivenoms fail to make it to where they are needed most.
Oct 26, 2022
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Every year between 20,000 and 32,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa die after being bitten by snakes. That's more than five times the number of deaths caused by hippos, crocodiles, elephants, lions and buffalo combined.
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