Preventing Introduction of Livestock Associated MRSA in a Pig Population – Benefits, Costs, and Knowledge Gaps from the Swedish Perspective

• Sören Höjgård ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sören Höjgård, Olov Aspevall, Björn Bengtsson, Maria Lindberg, Helle Ericsson Unnerstad, Helene Wahlström

  * E-mail: soren.hojgard@slu.se

  Affiliation Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences, and AgriFood Economics Centre, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Olov Aspevall ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sören Höjgård, Olov Aspevall, Björn Bengtsson, Maria Lindberg, Helle Ericsson Unnerstad, Helene Wahlström

  Affiliation Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden

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• Björn Bengtsson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sören Höjgård, Olov Aspevall, Björn Bengtsson, Maria Lindberg, Helle Ericsson Unnerstad, Helene Wahlström

  Affiliation National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Sara Hæggman ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden

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• Maria Lindberg ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sören Höjgård, Olov Aspevall, Björn Bengtsson, Maria Lindberg, Helle Ericsson Unnerstad, Helene Wahlström

  Affiliations Federation of Swedish Farmers, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish Animal Health Service, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Kristina Mieziewska ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Swedish Board of Agriculture, Jönköping, Sweden

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• Svante Nilsson ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Swedish Board of Agriculture, Jönköping, Sweden

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• Helle Ericsson Unnerstad ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sören Höjgård, Olov Aspevall, Björn Bengtsson, Maria Lindberg, Helle Ericsson Unnerstad, Helene Wahlström

  Affiliation National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Diana Viske ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Swedish Board of Agriculture, Jönköping, Sweden

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• Helene Wahlström

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sören Höjgård, Olov Aspevall, Björn Bengtsson, Maria Lindberg, Helle Ericsson Unnerstad, Helene Wahlström

  Affiliation National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden

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