sábado, 22 de julio de 2017

Nueva colaboración en el Cuaderno de Cultura Científica.


¿Cómo una bacteria inofensiva de Gambia acaba generando una epidemia en Wisconsin?

Elizabethkingia anophelis fue aislada en 2011 a partir de muestras del intestino medio del complejo de ciptoespecies al que pertenece el mosquito Anopheles gambiae1. Aunque podría haber quedado olvidada entre las publicaciones de las revistas de taxonomía, la bacteria saltó a la fama en 2016 cuando las noticias de Wisconsin se hicieron eco de su existencia, algo que cuando hablamos de bacterias no suele estar relacionado con buenas nuevas. E. anophelis estaba tras la infección de más de 60 personas y lo que era peor, era la causa de la muerte de 20.
¿Qué hacia una bacteria sin historial como patógeno infectando y matando gente?, una bacteria que además, habitualmente vive en el sistema digestivo de mosquitos. Sin olvidar el dato climático, los mosquitos no son algo común en Wisconsin durante el invierno.   [Seguir leyendo en el cuaderno de la cátedra de cultura científica]

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