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A British government study has shown that infections caused by
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drug-resistant bacteria-those that cannot be controlled by antibiotics-kill
about 700,000 people worldwide annually. By 2050, this number could rise
to over 10 million. "It's just a fact of evolution-the more antibiotics that
are around, the more bacteria has been exposed to antibiotics, the more
opportunity they have to acquire these resistances," explains Sarah
Fortune, a professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard
T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Although these drug-resistant bacteria,
known as "superbugs," are found around the world, India is considered to
have the biggest problem because the factors that encourage superbugs
are extensive and widespread in that country.
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