Researchers track evolution and spread of drug-resistant bacteria across hospitals and continents
Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 20:28
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have used high resolution genome sequencing to track a particularly virulent strain of MRSA as it traveled between South America, Europe and Southeast Asia. The findings shed light on how these deadly bacteria are able to spread from patient to patient in a single hospital and, on a larger scale of geography and time, between countries and entire continents.