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Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage

Authors :
Rene S. Hendriksen
Patrick Munk
Patrick Njage
Bram van Bunnik
Luke McNally
Oksana Lukjancenko
Timo Röder
David Nieuwenhuijse
Susanne Karlsmose Pedersen
Jette Kjeldgaard
Rolf S. Kaas
Philip Thomas Lanken Conradsen Clausen
Josef Korbinian Vogt
Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon
Milou G. M. van de Schans
Tina Zuidema
Ana Maria de Roda Husman
Simon Rasmussen
Bent Petersen
The Global Sewage Surveillance project consortium
Clara Amid
Guy Cochrane
Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten
Heike Schmitt
Jorge Raul Matheu Alvarez
Awa Aidara-Kane
Sünje J. Pamp
Ole Lund
Tine Hald
Mark Woolhouse
Marion P. Koopmans
Håkan Vigre
Thomas Nordahl Petersen
Frank M. Aarestrup
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2019.

Abstract

Obtaining data on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from healthy human populations is difficult. Here, Hendriksen et al. use metagenomic analysis to obtain AMR data from untreated sewage from 79 sites in 60 countries, finding correlations with socio-economic, health and environmental factors.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.1cb1167bef748e5b629d0ee4367b54a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08853-3