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Whole-Genome Sequence of Livestock-Associated ST398 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Humans in Canada
9 Nov 2012
Abstract excerpt
Despite reports of high colonization rates of ST398 livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) among pigs and pig farmers, the incidence of LA-MRSA infection in the general population in Canada appears to be rare in comparison to that in some European countries. In this study, the complete genome sequence of a Canadian representative LA-MRSA isolate (08BA02176) from a human...
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