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Source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/wor...-1226068503826
New strain of MRSA superbug found in milk
* From correspondents in London
* From: AFP
* June 03, 2011 10:19AM
AN entirely new strain of the drug-resistant MRSA superbug has been found in cow's milk and people in Britain and Denmark.
The previously unseen variant "potentially poses a public health problem," said lead researcher Mark Holmes, senior lecturer in preventive veterinary medicine at Cambridge University.
There was no general threat to the safety of pasteurised milk and dairy products, but people working with animals could be at risk, said the study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases...
New strain of MRSA superbug found in milk
* From correspondents in London
* From: AFP
* June 03, 2011 10:19AM
AN entirely new strain of the drug-resistant MRSA superbug has been found in cow's milk and people in Britain and Denmark.
The previously unseen variant "potentially poses a public health problem," said lead researcher Mark Holmes, senior lecturer in preventive veterinary medicine at Cambridge University.
There was no general threat to the safety of pasteurised milk and dairy products, but people working with animals could be at risk, said the study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases...
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