A new model of pathogen transmission in developing urban landscapes

Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Liverpool and elsewhere have published an article in Nature Microbiology on how diverse strains of a common pathogenic bacteria spread in Nairobi, Kenya.

The article titled ‘Population genomics of Escherichia coli in livestock-keeping households across a rapidly developing urban landscape’ sheds light on how diseases might emerge and proliferate within a complex city, and how they might best be controlled.

Photo credit: Researchers entering sampling data (Zoonoses and Emerging Diseases).