Prevalence of Livestock-Associated MRSA in Communities with High Pig-Densities in The Netherlands

• Brigitte A. van Cleef ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brigitte A. van Cleef, Erwin J. M. Verkade

  * E-mail: brigitte.van.cleef@rivm.nl

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU-HEALTH Project PILGRIM of the 7th Framework Programme, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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• Erwin J. M. Verkade ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brigitte A. van Cleef, Erwin J. M. Verkade

  Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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• Mireille W. Wulf,

  Affiliation PAMM Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Veldhoven, The Netherlands

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• Anton G. Buiting,

  Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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• Andreas Voss,

  Affiliations EU-HEALTH Project PILGRIM of the 7th Framework Programme, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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• Xander W. Huijsdens,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Wilfrid van Pelt,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Mick N. Mulders,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Jan A. Kluytmans

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

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