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Antibiotic resistance shows up in India's drinking water

Discovery of NDM-1 outside hospital environment raises alarm.

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Lubick, N. Antibiotic resistance shows up in India's drinking water. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.218

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