1. Evaluation of pet contact as a risk factor for carriage of multidrug-resistant staphylococci in nursing home residents 
Paola Gandolfi-Decristophoris, PhD, Anna De Benedetti, MD, Christiane Petignat, MD, Monica Attinger, Jan Guillaume, Lena Fiebig, PhD, Jan Hattendorf, PhD, Nicole Cernela, Gertraud Regula, PhD, DVM, Orlando Petrini, PhD, Jakob Zinsstag, PhD, DVM, Esther Schelling, PhD, DVM 
American Journal of Infection Control 
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages (March 2012)
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2. Fig 1
Weighted graph illustrating the network of contacts in a nursing home setting, with pets (p) represented by boxes and residents (r) represented by circles. Edges represent physical contacts between pets and persons, with line thickness increasing with higher reported contact frequency. Individuals carrying S epidermidis [+] are depicted as gray vertices, those not carrying this staphylococcal species [-] in white. mecA is the gene encoding for methicillin resistance in staphylococci.
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