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. 2017 Sep 5:358:j2440.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.j2440.

Antibiotic residues in the environment of South East Asia

Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg  1 , Ashok J Tamhankar  1   2
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Antibiotic residues in the environment of South East Asia

Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg and Ashok Tamhankar discuss how antibiotic residues in the environment contribute to antibiotic resistance in South East Asia and propose actions to mitigate the problem

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ’s policy on declaration of interest and have no relevant interests to declare. This work was commissioned by the WHO Regional Office of South East Asia using the UK government’s Fleming Fund. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article, which does not necessarily represent the views, decisions, or policies of the institutions with which the authors are affiliated.

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Figure 1 How a plasmid, which might contain antibiotic resistance genes, gets copied from one bacterium to another
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Figure 2 Potential routes of creation of antibiotic residues in the environment and transmission to and from the environment of antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes
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