An overview of livestock-associated MRSA in agriculture

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-104

  Harper, Abby L ^a   Ferguson, Dwight D ^a   Larson, Kerry R Leedom ^a   Hanson, Blake M ^a   Male, Michael J ^a   Donham, Kelley J ^a   Smith, Tara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol sampling; MRSA; ST398; Staphylococcus aureus; Swine; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MEAT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 77951696963     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599241003627110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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