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Strep Infections Can Become Flesh-eating Disease

Researchers find trigger that turns strep infections into flesh-eating disease. Scientists discovered a previously unknown trigger that turns run-of-the-mill strep infections into the flesh-eating disease childbed fever, which strikes postpartum moms and newborns, often leaving victims without limbs. Using an unprecedented approach, they looked at the interplay between the genome, transcriptome and virulence. This generated a massive data set, lending itself to artificial intelligence analysis. Through AI they unexpectedly discovered a new mechanism controlling virulence.

Disease Flesh-eating Can Infections Strep

Strep Infections already look nasty and painful but if it can also be flesh-eating wouldn't that be lethal? It would be scary to give birth to a child who lost it's limbs due to the disease trying to feed even during pregnancy.