Identification of source and sink populations for the emergence and global spread of the East-Asia clone of community-associated MRSA

Background: Our understanding of the factors influencing the emergence, dissemination and global distribution of epidemic clones of bacteria is limited. ST59 is a major epidemic clone of community-associated MRSA in East Asia, responsible for extensive morbidity and mortality, but has a much lower p...

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Main Authors: Ward, M., Goncheva, M., Richardson, E., McAdam, P., Raftis, E., Kearns, A., Daum, R., David, M., Lauderdale, T., Edwards, G., Nimmo, G., Coombs, Geoffrey, Huijsdens, X., Woolhouse, M., Fitzgerald, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67565