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Serotype III Streptococcus agalactiae from bovine milk and human neonatal infections.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2004
Bohnsack John F, Whiting April A, Martinez Gabriela, Jones Nicola, Adderson Elisabeth E, Detrick Shauna, Blaschke-Bonkowsky Anne J, Bisharat Naiel, Gottschalk Marcelo
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus [GBS]) causes invasive human infections and bovine mastitis. This study examined the genetic relationship between bovine and human serotype III GBS by using molecular techniques that classify human serotype III GBS into four distinct phylogenetic lineages. Bovine serotype III GBS were largely contained in two lineages, which are distinct from the two major lineages...
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