Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2009)

Staphylococcus aureus ST398, New York City and Dominican Republic

  • Meera Bhat,
  • Caroline Dumortier,
  • Barbara S. Taylor,
  • Maureen Miller,
  • Glenny Vasquez,
  • Jose Yunen,
  • Karen Brudney,
  • Carlos Rodriguez-Taveras,
  • Rita Rojas,
  • Patricia Leon,
  • Franklin D. Lowy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.080609
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 2
pp. 285 – 287

Abstract

Read online

Closely related Staphylococcus aureus strains of ST398, an animal-associated strain, were identified in samples collected from humans in northern Manhattan, New York, NY, USA, and in the Dominican Republic. A large population in northern Manhattan has close ties to the Dominican Republic, suggesting international transmission.

Keywords