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The human origins of “pig” Staph ST398
Posted by Tara C. Smith on February 21, 2012 I recently gave a talk to a group here in Iowa City, emphasizing just how frequently we share microbes. It was a noontime talk over a nice lunch, and of course I discussed how basically we humans are hosts to all kinds of organisms, and analysis of our “extended microbiome” shows that we share not…
MRSA, Meat, and Motown
Posted by Tara C. Smith on May 13, 2011 It’s been not even a month since the last paper looking at MRSA in meat, and up pops another one. So far here in the US, we’ve seen studies in Rhode Island (no MRSA found); Louisiana (MRSA found in beef and pork, but “human” types: USA100 and USA300); the recent Waters et al study sampling…
MRSA ST398 review article–free access
Posted by Tara C. Smith on April 25, 2011 Just received an email from Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases saying that my recent article, The Emergence of Staphylococcus aureus ST398, will be available for free online for the next two weeks. It was submitted roughly a year ago so it’s already a bit dated in this quick-moving field, but provides an overview of “livestock-associated” MRSA…
New paper: Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in a childcare worker
Posted by Tara C. Smith on March 29, 2011 One of the reasons I’ve not been blogging as much over the past 2 years or so is that it’s been just insane in the lab. As I was still living off start-up funds and pilot grants, I didn’t have anyone full-time to take care of everything, so all the work has been done by…