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A deadly bacteria has been infecting children for more than 1,400 years
The tragic death of a 6-year-old boy in early medieval England has given scientists the earliest direct clue to the history of the pathogen Haemophilus influenzae type b. Dated to about 550, it’s the oldest case of this bacterial infection, called Hib, ever diagnosed, researchers report February 2 in Genome Biology.
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