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Geospatial Patterns of AMR Genes in 1.2 Million Kilometers of US Rivers and Streams
Citation:
Keely, S. Geospatial Patterns of AMR Genes in 1.2 Million Kilometers of US Rivers and Streams. UNC Water Microbiology Conference 2019, Chapel Hill, NC, May 13 - 16, 2019.
Impact/Purpose:
To present research at the UNC Water Microbiology AMR Workshop.
Description:
Antimicrobial resistance (AR) is a serious human-health problem in the United States because each year 2 million individuals are infected with antimicrobial resistant bacteria (ARB) resulting in 23,000 deaths. There are numerous clinical research studies focusing on diagnostics and control of the dissemination of resistance, but little is known regarding the role the environment plays in the transmission of resistance to pathogens that infect humans and animals. Although antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG) are detected in many different environments, the risk associated with the spread of these genes to microbial pathogens is unknown.Here I use a stratified, probabilistic survey to determine the geospatial patterns of ARGs in 1.2 million kilometers of US rivers and streams.