Evolutionary models of the emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on December 01, 2003

Authors

D Ashley Robinson1, Mark C Enright

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1: Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom.

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