An emerging public health threat, called the "superbug" or "NDM-1" has manifested in India, spread to Britain and now is said to be spreading around the world, according to Comcast News. This bug is most upsetting and frightening because scientists are saying that there is currently no treatment for it. The bug gets spread by tourists who contract it and then travel to another country and spread it.
On Wednesday, researchers, led by Timothy Walsh from Britain's Cardiff University spoke of a gene they have discovered called "New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase" or "NDM-1". They found this gene in patients in South Asia and in Britain. The NDM-1 makes bacteria very resistant to antibiotics, therefore, being impossible to rid of once in the system.
Walsh stated, "At a global level, this is a real concern. Because of medical tourism and international travel in general, resistance to these types of bacteria has the potential to spread around the world very, very quickly. And there is nothing in the (drug development) pipeline to tackle it."
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