Investigating the variability of virulence in natural populations of Staphylococcus aureus using whole genome sequencing

Invasive Staphylococcus aureus disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, but is much rarer than asymptomatic carriage. The contribution of the bacterial genome to S. aureus infection is incompletely understood, and molecular epidemiology provides conflicting evidence. This thesis aim...

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Main Author: Young, Bernadette
Other Authors: Crook, Derrick ; Wilson, Daniel
Published: University of Oxford 2017
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.748916