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Comment
. 2013;19(9):1551-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1909.130876.

Livestock density as risk factor for livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, The Netherlands

Peter R Davies, Bruce H Alexander, Jeffrey B Bender, John Deen, Catherine E Dewey, Julie A Funk, Claudia A Munoz-Zanzi, M Gerard O'Sullivan, Randall S Singer, Srinand Sreevatsan, Katharina D Stärk, Mark A Stevenson
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Livestock density as risk factor for livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, The Netherlands

Peter R Davies et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013.
No abstract available

Keywords: MRSA; bacteria; cattle; cluster analysis; geographic information systems; livestock; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; swine; the Netherlands; zoonoses.

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    Feingold BJ, Kluytmans JA, van Cleef BA, Curriero FC, Silbergeld EK. Feingold BJ, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013;19(9):1552. doi: 10.3201/eid1909.130876. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013. PMID: 24137713 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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