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How we change the organisms that infect us

  • Written by: Ian Mackay, The University of Queensland
imageJust as organisms that infect us make changes in us - we too make changes in them and they grow and adapt to their human hosts. from www.shutterstock.com

This is part of our four-part package looking at infectious diseases and how they’ve influenced our culture and evolution. Read the other articles here.

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