Insights into Alpha-Hemolysin (Hla) Evolution and Expression among Staphylococcus aureus Clones with Hospital and Community Origin

• Ana Tavares,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB), Oeiras, Portugal

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• Jesper B. Nielsen,

  Affiliation Dept. of Clinical Microbiology 445, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

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• Kit Boye,

  Affiliation Dept. of Clinical Microbiology 445, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

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• Susanne Rohde,

  Affiliation Dept. of Clinical Microbiology 445, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

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• Ana C. Paulo,

  Affiliation Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, ITQB, Oeiras, Portugal

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• Henrik Westh,

  Affiliations Dept. of Clinical Microbiology 445, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Kristian Schønning,

  Affiliations Dept. of Clinical Microbiology 445, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Hermínia de Lencastre,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB), Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Maria Miragaia

  * E-mail: miragaia@itqb.unl.pt

  Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB), Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Bacterial Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology, ITQB, Oeiras, Portugal

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