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1. Professor Sharon Peacock used rapid DNA sequencing to track an outbreak of MRSA at a hospital in Cambridge, identifying a single carrier as the source. 2. Sequencing the genomes of MRSA samples allowed her team to determine the transmission pathways between patients and find that the outbreak was larger than originally thought, including cases in the community. 3. Intensive surveillance and staff screening identified one carrier amongst hospital staff whose strain was a direct match, likely stopping f

Author

Graciela Rap

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