Biogeography and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus.

Staphylococcus aureus is commonly carried asymptomatically in the human anterior nares and occasionally enters the bloodstream to cause invasive disease. Much of the global diversity of S. aureus remains uncharacterised, and is not clear how disease propensity varies between strains, and between hos...

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Main Authors: Juan Fan, Min Shu, Ge Zhang, Wei Zhou, Yongmei Jiang, Yu Zhu, Guihua Chen, Sharon J Peacock, Chaomin Wan, Wubin Pan, Edward J Feil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2705676?pdf=render