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Exposure to seawater proves deadly
Vibrio bacteria, carried in seawater, have caused a spate of infections in people along the U.S. Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
- Health & Medicine
Iraq war casualties often complicated
Hundreds of injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan harbor an unusual bacterium that complicates wound healing.
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Illness linked to microbe in group that makes vinegar
Researchers have identified a new bacterium in a severely ill patient.
- Health & Medicine
Strep vaccine stirs antibody production
An experimental vaccine against the microbe that causes strep throat can induce a potent immune response in adults.
