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Vaccines promoted as key to stamping out drug-resistant microbes

Immunization can stop resistant infections before they get started, say scientists from industry and academia.
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Vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae have slashed the number of drug-resistant infections.

Vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae have slashed the number of drug-resistant infections, as well as cutting cases of disease. Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library

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The battle against drug-resistant superbugs has neglected a key weapon, scientists say: using vaccines to quell the spread of resistance.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-017-01711-6

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