SaLTy: a novel Staphylococcus aureus Lineage Typer.

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Staphylococcus aureus asymptomatically colonises 30 % of humans but can also cause a range of diseases, which can be fatal. In 2017 S. aureus was associated with 20 000 deaths in the USA alone. Dividing S. aureus isolates into smaller sub-groups can reveal the emergence of distinct sub-populations with varying potential to cause infections. Despite multiple molecular typing methods categorising such sub-groups,...

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