Identical genotypes of community-associated MRSA (ST59) and livestock-associated MRSA (ST9) in humans and pigs in rural ChinaShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Zoonoses and Public Health, ISSN 1863-1959, E-ISSN 1863-2378, Vol. 65, no 3, p. 367-371Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This study investigated the prevalence of MRSA in samples taken in households, with and without backyard pigs in villages in a rural area of Shandong Province, China. Community-associated MRSA and livestock-associated MRSA, belonging to ST59 and ST9, respectively, were identified in both humans and pigs. The genotypic and phenotypic comparison of isolates indicates that bidirectional transmission of MRSA has occurred between humans and pigs in the villages.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
WILEY , 2018. Vol. 65, no 3, p. 367-371
Keywords [en]
community-associated; livestock-associated; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; transmission
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-147795DOI: 10.1111/zph.12443ISI: 000429586300010PubMedID: 29377579OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-147795DiVA, id: diva2:1206487
Note
Funding Agencies|National Natural Science Foundation of China [81361138021, 31472237]; Swedish Research Council [D0879801]; Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation [BS2014SW020]
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