A University of Edinburgh study has suggested that an MRSA bug in UK hospitals can be traced back to a type of bacteria found in farm animals, BBC reports.
Researchers say a drug-resistant bacteria carried by some livestock, MRSA strain staphylococcus aureus CC398, has been found in patients.
The study shows it has been transmitted to humans on "many occasions".
It provides new evidence that the livestock-associated CC398 strain could spread in hospitals.
People and humans generally harbour distinct variants of CC398, which the team say evolved from the same original bacteria. However, the study shows the livestock-associated strain can be transmitted to humans.
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Source: BBC
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