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In this project, the goal is to take an article of stub quality and improve it to B or GA quality. A stub quality article is one with very little, basic information. A B quality article is a much more substantial article and provides a reasonable assessment of the subject. Citations and references are present and used correctly, and the article is also well-written, with an understandable flow. A GA, or good article, is one with a quality surpassing that of a B article. A GA article provides a broad and focused assessment of the topic, using many verifiable references, in-line citations, and no original research. Images are also present if possible, and are pertinent and captioned.

Practice Citations
Bacteriophage therapy (often referred to as simply phage therapy) is the process of using bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections. Due to the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistant pathogens, phage therapy has been recently considered as an alternative to traditional antibiotic treatment. However, the therapeutic use of phages is not a new development. The first reported use of phage therapy was in France in 1919, when microbiologist Felix d'Herelle used them to successfully treat a child with dysentery. After the discovery and mass production of traditional antibiotics, the use phage therapy has mainly been confined to Europe, particularly in Eastern Europe and Russia. There are several advantages in using bacteriophages over antibiotics, including their ability to replicate at the infection site, evolve with their host to counter phage-resistance, and lack of serious side effects. Phages are also very specific, targeting only a certain bacterial species. While this prevents the destruction of the normal microflora, it also means that the source of the infection must be properly identified before treatment is given.