Persistence of livestock associated MRSA CC398 in humans is dependent on intensity of animal contact

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Graveland, Haitske ^a,b   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^b,c   Bergs, Kelly ^a   Heesterbeek, Hans ^b   Heederik, Dick ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; THROAT CULTURE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHILD; HETEROZYGOTE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVESTOCK; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951786094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016830     Document Type: Article

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