(Photo Credit: Layla Dishman)
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Scroll through some of my latest readings and see if anything is interesting.
A map showing the global population of women, of childbearing age, who are infected with the pathogen, edited from Pappes et al, 2009.
By using the latest in genetic technologies, researchers are discovering the current epidemiology, the historical evolution, and future prevention strategies for a global pathogen.
The "Plant that ate the South", aka Kudzu, overtaking an abaondoned builing. (Photo Credit: Johnny Randall, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Bugwood.org.)
“Support bacteria; it’s the only culture some people have.” This common sentiment is circulated throughout the internet and microbiology classes, but recent research shows that bacteria may have their own culture that mirrors aspects of ours.
Using genetic analysis of bushmeat from Tanzania, Africa, a global team of researchers recently found a 30% mismatch rate between what it was advertised as to what it actually was, which hinders public health measures relating to zoonotic diseases.