Definition of a genetic relatedness cutoff to exclude recent transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a genomic epidemiology analysis
Published in The Lancet Microbe, 2020
Recommended citation: Coll F, Raven KE, Knight GM, et al. Definition of a genetic relatedness cutoff to exclude recent transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a genomic epidemiology analysis. The Lancet Microbe. 2020;1(8):e328-e335. doi:10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30149-X https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(20)30149-X/fulltext
Here I proposed a genetic relatedness cut-off above which transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be ruled out, in the context of prospective genomic surveillance. The methodological approaches proposed here could be applied to calculate equivalent relatedness cut-offs for other bacterial pathogens.
Recommended citation: Coll F, Raven KE, Knight GM, et al. Definition of a genetic relatedness cutoff to exclude recent transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a genomic epidemiology analysis. The Lancet Microbe. 2020;1(8):e328-e335. doi:10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30149-X