About the Authors
- Tarah Lynch
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Patrick Chong
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Jason Zhang
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Romeo Hizon
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Tim Du
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Morag R. Graham
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Daniel R. Beniac
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Timothy F. Booth
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Pamela Kibsey
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Affiliation Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada
- Mark Miller
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Affiliation Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Denise Gravel
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Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Michael R. Mulvey
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* E-mail: Michael_mulvey@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP)
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¶Membership of the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TL PC MRM JZ MRG. Performed the experiments: TL PC JZ DRB RH TD. Analyzed the data: TL MRM DRB RH TD PC MRG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TL MRG MRM DRB TFB PK MM DG CNISP. Wrote the paper: TL.