From massive bombing to total communication cut-off, through preventive attack

Authors

  • Juan Carlos Codina Escobar Spain

Keywords:

humans, pathogenic bacteria, infections, antibiotics

Abstract

The warlike language of the title that heads it is nothing more than a metaphor to deal with a war that is daily established between humans and pathogenic bacteria causing infections. A war that began to change course with the discovery of antibiotics.” This could be referring to the ongoing battle between humans and harmful bacteria, and how the discovery of antibiotics significantly shifted the dynamics of this battle

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Published

2014-07-20

How to Cite

Codina Escobar , J. C. (2014). From massive bombing to total communication cut-off, through preventive attack. Encuentros En La Biología, 7(149), 114–116. Retrieved from https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/enbio/article/view/18185

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