Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious public health problem which occurs when germs including viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites, evolve over time and become resistant to medicines used to treat them. AMR can be acquired through genetic mutation or through the transfer of resistance-related genes between microbial populations. AMR has become a major threat to the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi. It can greatly reduce the effectiveness of treatments and make them more expensive, and in some cases, cannot be treated at all. The importance of finding new and effective treatments for AMR is ever-growing as antimicrobial resistance is predicted to cause a 10 million annual death toll by 2050.
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