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Immune system’s most wanted

(Image: Dr Kari Lounatmaa/Science Photo Library/Getty)

Drug-resistant superbugs are potentially deadly strains of micro-organisms that we once had the power to control. Now these mutants take on the best of our medical weapons, wreaking havoc on the world’s health. Here is our rogue’s gallery of the micro most wanted.

See gallery: Top ten superbug super-villains

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