Molecular tracing of the emergence, adaptation, and transmission of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 9107-9112

  McAdam, Paul R ^a   Templeton, Kate E ^b   Edwards, Giles F ^c   Holden, Matthew T G ^d   Feil, Edward J ^e   Aanensen, David M ^f   Bargawi, Hiba J A ^f   Spratt, Brian G ^f   Bentley, Stephen D ^d   Parkhill, Julian ^d   Enright, Mark C ^g   Holmes, Anne ^a   Girvan, E Kirsty ^c   Godfrey, Paul A ^h   Feldgarden, Michael ^h   Kearns, Angela M ⁱ   Rambaut, Andrew ^j,k   Robinson, D Ashley ^l   Fitzgerald, J Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g AmpliPhi Biosciences Corp   (United Kingdom)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nosocomial

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS INFECTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84861896440     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202869109     Document Type: Article

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