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Swine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene in Hong Kong, China

Dulmini Nanayakkara Sapugahawattea Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8067-8799View further author information
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Carmen Lia Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yun Kit Yeoha Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0241-6117View further author information
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Priyanga Dharmaratneb School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2084-0643View further author information
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Chendi Zhua Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Margaret Ipa Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1534-1536 | Received 24 Apr 2020, Accepted 17 Jun 2020, Published online: 07 Jul 2020

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