Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage

René S. Hendriksen; Patrick Munk; Patrick Murigu Kamau Njage; Bram van Bunnik; Luke McNally; Oksana Lukjančenko; Timo Röder; David F. Nieuwenhuijse; Susanne Karlsmose Pedersen; Jette Sejer Kjeldgaard; Rolf Sommer Kaas; Philip T. L. C. Clausen; Josef Korbinian Vogt; Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon; Milou G.M. van de Schans; T. Zuidema; Ana Maria de Roda Husman; Simon Rasmussen; Bent Petersen; Artan Bego; Catherine A. Rees; Susan Cassar; Kris Coventry; Peter Collignon; Franz Allerberger; Teddie O. Rahube; Guilherme Oliveira; Ivan Ivanov; Yith Vuthy; Thet Sopheak; Christopher K. Yost; Changwen Ke; Huanying Zheng; Li Baisheng; Xiaoyang Jiao; Pilar Donado-Godoy; Kalpy Julien Coulibaly; Matijana Jergović; Jasna Hrenović; Renáta Karpíšková; José E. Villacís; Mengistu Legesse; Tadesse Eguale; Annamari Heikinheimo; Lile Malania; Andreas Nitsche; Annika Brinkmann; Courage Kosi Setsoafia Saba; Béla Kocsis; Norbert Solymosi; Thorunn R. Thorsteinsdottir; A. A. Mohamed Hatha; Masoud Alebouyeh; Dearbháile Morris; Martin Cormican; Louise O’Connor; Jacob Moran‐Gilad; Patricia Alba; Antonio Battisti; Zeinegul Shakenova; Ciira Kiiyukia; Eric Ng’eno; Lul Raka; Jeļena Avsejenko; Aivars Bērziņš; Vadims Bartkevičs; Christian Penny; Heera Rajandas; Sivachandran Parimannan; Malcolm Vella Haber; Pushkar Pal; Gert‐Jan Jeunen; Neil J. Gemmell; Kayode Fashae; Rune Holmstad; Rumina Hasan; Sadia Shakoor; Maria Luz Zamudio Rojas; Dariusz Wasyl; Golubinka Boševska; Mihail Kochubovski; Radu Cojocaru; Amy Gassama; Vladimir Radosavljević; Stefan Wuertz; Rogelio Zuniga-Montanez; Moon Y. F. Tay; Dagmar Gavačová; Katarína Pastuchová; Peter Truska; Marija Trkov; Kerneels Esterhuyse; Karen H. Keddy; Marta Cerdà‐Cuéllar; Sujatha Pathirage; Leif Norrgren; Stefan Örn; D. G. Joakim Larsson; Tanja Van der Heijden; Happiness Kumburu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08853-3

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ResistomeMetagenomicsSanitationAntibiotic resistanceAbundance (ecology)Global healthPublic healthBiologySewageEnvironmental healthEcologyBiotechnologyGeographyEnvironmental resource managementEnvironmental planningGeneEnvironmental scienceGeneticsMedicineBacteria

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Year: 2019
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Volume: 10
Issue: 1
Pages: 1124-1124
Citations: 1005
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                                    René S. Hendriksen, 
                                
                                    Patrick Munk, 
                                
                                    Patrick Murigu Kamau Njage
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage. 
                            Nature Communications
                            , 10
                            (1)
                            , 1124-1124.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08853-3
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08853-3