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Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates of bovine and human origin by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Martinez G, Harel J, Higgins R, Lacouture S, Daignault D, Gottschalk M
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus agalactiae is considered one of the major causes of bovine intramammary infections. It is also found in the vaginas of women without any apparent clinical symptoms, but reports of neonatal infections, causing significant morbidity, are relatively frequent. The aim of this study was to evaluate the genetic diversity of S. agalactiae strains isolated from bovine milk and from asymptomatic women in...
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