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Author Spotlight: Understanding and Detecting Environmental Antimicrobial Resistance by Combining Culture-Based Techniques and Genomics
Published on: July 19, 2024
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Developing public health risk messages about antibiotic resistance using metaphors: an international co-design and
Eva M Krockow1, Meghann Jones2, Samkele Mkumbuzi3
1School of Psychology and Vision Sciences, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK. emk12@le.ac.uk.
Scientific Reports
|February 18, 2026
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AnalogyAntibiotic resistanceAntimicrobial resistanceDrug-resistant infectionsMetaphorPublic healthRisk communicationMore Related Videos
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