KEYWORDS conjugative plasmid antibiotic resistance genes global increase antibiotics transmission The increasing plasmid-borne ARG abundance is significantly correlated with an increasing trend of antibiotic consumption, particularly in low-to-middle income countries.
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Therefore, our analysis infers a highly significant global increase in the abundance of conjugative plasmids that harbor ARGs, which is correlated with a global increase in antibiotic consumption.