The Emergence and Spread of Multiple Livestock-Associated Clonal Complex 398 Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strains among Animals and Humans in the Republic of Ireland, 2010–2014

• Gráinne I. Brennan,

  Affiliations National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St. James’s Hospital, James’s St., Dublin 8, Ireland, Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

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• Yvonne Abbott,

  Affiliation Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

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• Aisling Burns,

  Affiliation Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

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• Finola Leonard,

  Affiliation Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

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• Brenda A. McManus,

  Affiliation National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St. James’s Hospital, James’s St., Dublin 8, Ireland

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• Brian O’Connell,

  Affiliations National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St. James’s Hospital, James’s St., Dublin 8, Ireland, Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Dublin, Trinity College, St. James’s Hospital, James’s St., Dublin 8, Ireland

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• David C. Coleman,

  Affiliation Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

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• Anna C. Shore

  * E-mail: anna.shore@dental.tcd.ie

  Affiliations Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland, Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Dublin, Trinity College, St. James’s Hospital, James’s St., Dublin 8, Ireland

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