26 November 2021

Fighting A Serious And Common Bacterial Disease With A Natural Virus

Good news in treating an often neglected problem that causes great suffering. 

Phages are viruses that infect bacteria and can also be used to treat human infections. . . . researchers have shown that the naturally occurring phage A1-1 kills Shigella flexneri, a major cause of dysentery in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia and selects for phage-resistant mutants with reduced virulence.

From here

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