Volume 13, Number 12—December 2007
Research
Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus of Animal Origin in Humans
Figure 1

Figure 1. A) Number of nontypable methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (NT-MRSA) isolates per municipality received at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands, January 2003–June 2005. The background color represents the density of pigs per km2 in 2003. B) Number of typable MRSA per municipality received at the RIVM January 2003–June 2005. The background color represents the population density per km2 (source: CBS Statline).