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One Health compartmental analysis of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli on Reunion Island reveals partitioning between humans and livestock.

Guillaume MiltgenDaniel MartakBenoit ValotLaure KamusThomas GarrigosGuillaume VerchereHoussein Gbaguidi-HaoreCéline Ben CimonMahery RamiandrisoaSandrine PicotAnne LignereuxGeoffrey MassonMarie-Christine Jaffar-BandjeeOlivier BelmonteEric CardinaleDidier HocquetPatrick MavinguiXavier Bertrand
Published in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2022)
These molecular data suggest that, despite their high level of contamination, animals are not a major source of the ESBL-Ec found in humans living on this densely populated high-income island. Public health policies should therefore focus primarily on human-to-human transmission, to prevent human infections with ESBL-Ec.
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