Evidence for Human Adaptation and Foodborne Transmission of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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2016-11-15
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Larsen, Jesper
Stegger, Marc
Andersen, Paal S
Petersen, Andreas
Larsen, Anders R
Westh, Henrik
Agersø, Yvonne
Fetsch, Alexandra
Kraushaar, Britta
Käsbohrer, Annemarie
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Abstract
We investigated the evolution and epidemiology of a novel livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain, which colonizes and infects urban-dwelling Danes even without a Danish animal reservoir. Genetic evidence suggests both poultry and human adaptation, with poultry meat implicated as a probable source.
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MRSA, host adaptation, foodborne transmission, poultry, livestock
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Larsen, J, Stegger, M, Andersen, P S, Petersen, A, Larsen, A R, Westh, H, Agersø, Y, Fetsch, A, Kraushaar, B, Käsbohrer, A, Feβler, A T, Schwarz, S, Cuny, C, Witte, W, Butaye, P, Denis, O, Haenni, M, Madec, J-Y, Jouy, E, Laurent, F, Battisti, A, Franco, A, Alba, P, Mammina, C, Pantosti, A, Monaco, M, Wagenaar, J A, de Boer, E, van Duijkeren, E, Heck, M, Domínguez, L, Torres, C, Zarazaga, M, Price, L B & Skov, R L 2016, 'Evidence for Human Adaptation and Foodborne Transmission of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus', Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 1349-1352. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw532