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"Superbugs" invade the Gulf and pose a “global threat”!

Hosam Zowawi inspects the Super Bug on a petri dish inside the UQ Paterson Lab

Hosam Zowawi inspects the Super Bug on a petri dish inside the UQ Paterson Lab Source: Rolex Awards/Julian Kingma

A new wave of highly antibiotic resistant superbugs has been found in the Middle East Gulf States, discovered by University of Queensland researchers.



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