Where there does seem to be a difference in opinion is whether banning antibiotics as animal growth promoters might have a beneficial effect on human health.
This issue is discussed in The Leading Edge editorial which makes a strong stand towards banning these growth promoters, arguing that their use should be restricted for treatment and prevention only.
PROGRESS ON SLEEPING SICKNESS
In a Personal view, OC Hutchinson and colleagues discuss the lessons learned from the emergence of a new Trypanosoma brucei rhodesience sleeping sickness focus in Uganda. The progress in molecular biology has meant that diagnosis of infection is greatly improved, and, together with advances in field and epidemiological techniques, successful disease control management in the future is now feasible.
Other reviews:
The effect of drug resistance on the fitness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Travel and spread of HIV-1 genetic variants
Mutation rate and the efficacy of antimicrobial drug treatment
Is clinical outcome of dengue-virus infections influenced by coagulation and fibrinolysis A critical review of the evidence
The Lancet