Resistance to Anti-Infective Drugs and the Threat to Public Health
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چکیده
Increasing resistance of pathogens to anti-infective drugs is an urgent public health problem that must be addressed through more prudent use of these drugs in human medicine and in animal husbandry, agriculture, and aquaculture.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cell
دوره 124 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006