Longitudinal genomic surveillance of MRSA in the UK reveals transmission patterns in hospitals and the community

Francesc Coll; Ewan M. Harrison; Michelle S. Toleman; Sandra Reuter; Kathy E. Raven; Beth Blane; Beverley Palmer; A. Ruth M. Kappeler; Nicholas M. Brown; M. Estée Török; Julian Parkhill; Sharon J. Peacock

doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aak9745

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Longitudinal genomic surveillance of MRSA in the UK reveals transmission patterns in hospitals and the community

Francesc Coll¹,*,
Ewan M. Harrison²,
Michelle S. Toleman²,³,⁴,
Sandra Reuter²,
Kathy E. Raven²,
Beth Blane²,
Beverley Palmer⁵,
A. Ruth M. Kappeler⁵,⁶,
Nicholas M. Brown³,⁵,
M. Estée Török²,³,
Julian Parkhill⁴ and
Sharon J. Peacock¹,²,³,⁴,*

¹London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
³Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
⁴Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK.
⁵Public Health England, London, UK.
⁶Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: francesc.coll{at}lshtm.ac.uk (F.C.); sharon.peacock{at}lshtm.ac.uk (S.J.P.)

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Science Translational Medicine 25 Oct 2017:
Vol. 9, Issue 413, eaak9745
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aak9745

Francesc Coll

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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Ewan M. Harrison

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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Michelle S. Toleman

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK.

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Sandra Reuter

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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Kathy E. Raven

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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Beth Blane

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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Beverley Palmer

Public Health England, London, UK.

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A. Ruth M. Kappeler

Public Health England, London, UK.Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.

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Nicholas M. Brown

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.Public Health England, London, UK.

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M. Estée Török

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.

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Julian Parkhill

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK.

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Sharon J. Peacock

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK.

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