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Nature 411, 513 (31 May 2001) | doi:10.1038/35079266

Gene tests lift lid on drug-resistance puzzle

Jonathan Knight

Is the use of antibiotics in farm animals causing the spread of antibiotic-resistance genes to human pathogens? The jury is still out, say experts who gathered last week at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Orlando, Florida.