Contamination of public buses with MRSA in Lisbon, Portugal: A possible transmission route of major MRSA clones within the community

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Conceição, Teresa ^a   Diamantino, Fernanda ^b   Coelho, Céline ^a   De Lencastre, Hermínia ^a,c   Aires de Sousa, Marta ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; HUMAN; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN GENE; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC BUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER STATE; EXOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAND; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84892374818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077812     Document Type: Article

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