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Highly antibiotic-resistant strain of MRSA that arose in pigs can jump to humans

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A new study has found that a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the superbug MRSA — methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus — has emerged in livestock in the last 50 years, probably due to widespread antibiotic use in pig farming.

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