An individual-based model of transmission of resistant bacteria in a veterinary teaching hospital.

Veterinary nosocomial infections caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria cause increased morbidity, higher cost and length of treatment and increased zoonotic risk because of the difficulty in treating them. In this study, an individual-based model was developed to investigate the effects of movemen...

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Main Authors: Neeraj Suthar, Sandip Roy, Douglas R Call, Thomas E Besser, Margaret A Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4043964?pdf=render