Horizontal antimicrobial resistance transfer drives epidemics of multiple Shigella species

Horizontal antimicrobial resistance transfer drives epidemics of multiple Shigella species

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Shigella species is a public health concern. Here, Baker et al. show how horizontal transfer of an AMR plasmid among Shigella species contributes to epidemics in men who have sex with men in England.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kate S. Baker, Timothy J. Dallman, Nigel Field, Tristan Childs, Holly Mitchell, Martin Day, François-Xavier Weill, Sophie Lefèvre, Mathieu Tourdjman, Gwenda Hughes, Claire Jenkins, Nicholas Thomson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03949-8

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03949-8

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