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Sequence variation of the SeM gene of Streptococcus equi allows discrimination of the source of strangles outbreaks.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2006
Kelly Charlotte, Bugg Maxine, Robinson Carl, Mitchell Zoe, Davis-Poynter Nick, Newton J Richard, Jolley Keith A, Maiden Martin C J, Waller Andrew S
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Improved understanding of the epidemiology of Streptococcus equi transmission requires sensitive and portable subtyping methods that can rationally discriminate between strains. S. equi is highly homogeneous and cannot be distinguished by multilocus enzyme electrophoretic or multilocus sequence-t...
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