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Researchers from ETH Zurich, Princeton University and the Free University of Brussels gathered nearly 1,000 publications and unpublished veterinary reports from around the world to create a map of antimicrobial resistance in low- to middle-income countries since 2000. The proportion of antibiotics showing rates of resistance above 50% increased in developing countries where meat consumption has sharply increased, meaning that antibiotics that could be used for treatment failed more than half the time. The researchers found that antibiotic resistance in livestock was most widespread in China and India, with Brazil and Kenya emerging as new hotspots. Black areas had insufficient data.
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