Competition of hospital-acquired and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in hospitals

Journal of Biological Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-129

  Webb, Glenn F ^a   Horn, Mary Ann ^a,b   D'Agata, Erika M C ^c   Moellering Jr , Robert C ^c   Ruan, Shigui ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Competition exclusion; Disease free and endemic steady states; Epidemic model; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77952586760     PISSN: 17513758     EISSN: 17513766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513750903026411     Document Type: Article

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