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Identical genotypes of community-associated MRSA (ST59) and livestock-associated MRSA (ST9) in humans and pigs in rural China.
Zoonoses and public health - 1 May 2018
Bi Z, Sun C, Börjesson S, Chen B, Ji X, Berglund B, Wang M, Nilsson M, Yin H, Sun Q, Hulth A, Wang Y, Wu C, Bi Z, Nilsson L E
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This study investigated the prevalence of MRSA in samples taken in households, with and without backyard pigs in villages in a rural area of Shandong Province, China. Community-associated MRSA and livestock-associated MRSA, belonging to ST59 and ST9, respectively, were identified in both humans and pigs. The genotypic and phenotypic comparison of isolates indicates that bidirectional transmission of MRSA has...
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