MRSA CC398 in the pig production chain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 182-189

  Broens, E M ^a,b   Graat, E A M ^a   Van der Wolf, P J ^c   Van de Giessen, A W ^b   Van Duijkeren, E ^d   Wagenaar, J A ^a,d   Van Nes, A ^d   Mevius, D J ^a,d   de Jong, M C M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

MRSA; Pigs; Staphylococcus aureus; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NOSE CAVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL CAVITY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 78650515998     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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