A genome-wide One Health study of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Norway reveals overlapping populations but few recent transmission events across reservoirs
Hetland, M. A. K.; Winkler, M. A.; Kaspersen, H.; Hakonsholm, F.; Bakksjo, R.-J.; Bernhoff, E.; Delgado-Blas, J. F.; Brisse, S.; Correia, A.; Fostervold, A.; Lam, M. M. C.; Lunestad, B.-T.; Marathe, N. P.; Raffelsberger, N.; Samuelsen, O.; Sunde, M.; Sundsfjord, A.; Urdahl, A. M.; Wick, R. R.; Lohr, I. H.; Holt, K. E.
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Members of the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex (KpSC) are opportunistic pathogens that cause severe and difficult-to-treat infections. KpSC are common in non-human niches, but the clinical relevance of these populations is disputed. Utilising 3,255 whole-genome sequenced isolates from human, animal and marine sources collected during 2001-2020 in Norway, we showed the KpSC populations in different niches were distinct but overlapping. Notably, human infection isolates showed greatest connectivity with each other, followed by isolates from human carriage, pigs, and bivalves. Nearly 5% of human infection isolates had close relatives ([≤]22 substitutions) amongst animal and marine isolates, despite temporally and geographically distant sampling of these sources. Infection prevention measures are essential to limit transmission within human clinical settings and reduce disease burden. However, as colonisation often precedes infection, preventing transmission that leads to colonisation, e.g. transmission between animals and humans in the community, and in the food chain, could also be beneficial.
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