In December 2007, Extending the Cure (ETC) researchers Eili Klein, David Smith, and Ramanan Laxminarayan published the first analysis of recent trends in MRSA—methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.  An ETC policy brief (Counting MRSA Cases) describes the results of this study and a recent study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), detailing MRSA statistics from 2005.