Antibiotics in agriculture: when is it time to close the barn door?

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Review

Marc Lipsitch et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002.

. 2002 Apr 30;99(9):5752-4.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.092142499.

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mlipsitc@hsph.harvard.edu

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Animal antibiotic use has an early but important impact on the emergence of antibiotic resistance in human commensal bacteria.
Smith DL, Harris AD, Johnson JA, Silbergeld EK, Morris JG Jr. Smith DL, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Apr 30;99(9):6434-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.082188899. Epub 2002 Apr 23. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002. PMID: 11972035 Free PMC article.

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