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Translating antibiotic prescribing into antimicrobial resistance in the environment: a hazard characterisation case study

2019-02-03

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The use and misuse of antibiotics in humans, animals and agriculture since penicillin’s mass production in 1942 has contributed to the current global crisis of drug-resistant infections. Often overlooked are the unintended consequences of such widespread antibiotic use, such as the chronic environmental release of unmetabolised, bioactive antibiotics and antibiotic-resistance genes found in human and animals waste...

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906499de-afb4-5def-8922-e385c239b898
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10.1101/539536
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