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Transmission

Investigating how resistance spreads, including between patients, among bacterial communities, via vectors, and through the environment.

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Patient-patient

Understanding how resistance spreads between patients

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Environmental fates of antibiotics

Assessing and managing risks of AMR resulting from antibiotic manufacturing and wastewater

Horizonal gene transfer

Determining the mechanisms by which bacteria confer resistance to other bacteria

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Tracking spread

Tracking spread and transmission dynamics of resistant pathogens

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