A shared population of epidemic methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus 15 circulates in humans and companion animals

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Harrison, Ewan M ^a   Weinert, Lucy A ^a   Holden, Matthew T G ^b   Welch, John J ^a   Wilson, Katherine ^a   Morgan, Fiona J E ^a   Harris, Simon R ^b   Loeffler, Anette ^c   Boag, Amanda K ^c   Peacock, Sharon J ^b,d   Paterson, Gavin K ^e   Waller, Andrew S ^f   Parkhill, Julian ^b   Holmes, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^f ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOBACCO RING SPOT VIRUS; VARROA; VIRION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS REPLICATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84903973634     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00985-13     Document Type: Article

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