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An ecological approach to assessing the epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in animal and human populations.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Apr 2012
Mather Alison E, Matthews Louise, Mellor Dominic J, Reeve Richard, Denwood Matthew J, Boerlin Patrick, Reid-Smith Richard J, Brown Derek J, Coia John E, Browning Lynda M, Haydon Daniel T, Reid Stuart W J
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We examined long-term surveillance data on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 (DT104) isolates from concurrently sampled and sympatric human and animal populations in Scotland. Using novel ecological and epidemiological approaches to examine diversity, and phenotypic and temporal relatedness of the resistance profiles, we assessed the more probable source of resistance of these two...
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