“Pig” MRSA – are the pigs really to blame?

There is a strain of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) that has been tracked passing from pigs to humans.  It was always thought that the MRSA initially came from the pigs, but new research published in mBio (open access) suggests that pigs might not be the original source.  Instead it looks like the strain may have originated [...]Image may be NSFW.
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