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| Title |
Wild small mammals as sentinels for the environmental transmission of antimicrobial resistance
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| Published in |
Environmental Research, December 2016
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.envres.2016.12.014 |
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| Authors |
Lauren E. Furness, Amy Campbell, Lihong Zhang, William H. Gaze, Robbie A. McDonald |
| Abstract |
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a serious threat to human health worldwide. We have tested the use of free-living small mammals (mice, voles and shrews) as sentinels of variation in the distribution of AMR in the environment and the potential for transmission from the natural environment to animal hosts. Escherichia coli isolated from the faeces of small mammals trapped at paired coastal and inland sites were tested for resistance to four antibiotics: trimethoprim, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime. Coastal individuals were over twice as likely to carry AMR E. coli than inland individuals (79% and 35% respectively), and both between-site and between-species variation was observed. Animals from coastal populations also excreted increased numbers of AMR E. coli and a greater diversity of E. coli phylotypes, including human-associated pathogenic strains. Small mammals appear to be useful bioindicators of fine-scale spatial variation in the distribution of AMR and, potentially, of the risks of AMR transmission to mammalian hosts, including humans. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 181 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 181 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 26 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 13% |
| Researcher | 20 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 27 | 15% |
| Unknown | 49 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 29 | 16% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 28 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 12 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 28 | 15% |
| Unknown | 60 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 January 2022.
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#7,960,512
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#3,331
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#134,298
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#20
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