Quantification of transmission of livestock-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 381-388

  Broens, Els M ^a,b   Graat, Elisabeth A M ^a   van de Giessen, Arjen W ^b   Broekhuizen Stins, Marian J ^c   de Jong, Mart C M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonization; Methicillin resistant; MRSA; Pigs; Reproduction ratio; Staphylococcus aureus; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INOCULATION; LIVESTOCK; LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84857052016     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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