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. 2009 Aug 27;4(8):e6800. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006800

Table 1. Nasal carriage of MRSA CC398 among families living on pig farms.

Category Subcategory Result
Carriage of MRSA CC398 Total number of families: 57
Number of families on farms with MRSA positive pigs 47
Number of humans exposed to MRSA positive pigs 113
Nasal carriers among persons exposed to MRSA positive pigs 97 (86%)
Number of non exposed family members living in contact to exposed persons carrying MRSA 116
MRSA carriers among non exposed contact persons 5 (4.3%)
Transfer events Number of families with transfer events 5
Number of transfer events to non exposed humans 5
Frequency of transfer events in relation to all non exposed humans 4.3%