This PhD research project is designed to describe the prevalence, transmission and zoonotic threat of MRSA isolates from humans, animals and animal products in Southern, Sri Lanka by Dr. M R P Kurukulasooriya. Funding through the National Research Council Sri Lanka. Sample and data collection commenced in August 2019. ( PI- Prof. Ajith Nagahawatte; Co-Investigators – Dr. W. M. D. Gaya Bandara Wijayaratne, Prof. Champica K. Bodinayake, Dr. Gayani Tillekeratne, Prof. Christopher W. Woods, Prof. Truls Ostbye, Dr. Dharshan de Silva)