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. 2015 Jun;21(6):1074-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid2106.141597.

MRSA spa t1081, a highly transmissible strain endemic to Hong Kong, China, in the Netherlands

Paul Gruteke, Pak-Leung Ho, Anja Haenen, Wai-U Lo, Chi-Ho Lin, Albert J de Neeling

MRSA spa t1081, a highly transmissible strain endemic to Hong Kong, China, in the Netherlands

Paul Gruteke et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: China; Hong Kong; MRSA; S. aureus protein A; bacteria; epidemiology; hospital; long-term care facility; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; spa t1081; spa typing; the Netherlands.

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Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus spa t1081 in the Netherlands, 2007–2013. A) 2007; B) 2009; C) 2011; D) 2013. Data were obtained from http://www.rivm.nl/mrsa. Source: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
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