Evolutionary analyses of Staphylococcus aureus identify genetic relationships between nasal carriage and clinical isolates.

Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus has long been hypothesized to be a major vector for the transmission of virulent strains throughout the community. To address this hypothesis, we have analyzed the relatedness between a cohort of nasal carriage strains and clinical isolates to understand bette...

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Main Authors: Ryan P Lamers, Jason W Stinnett, Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan, Christopher L Parkinson, Alexander M Cole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3025037?pdf=render