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Potential use of an unencapsulated and aromatic amino acid-auxotrophic Streptococcus suis mutant as a live attenuated vaccine in swine.
Vaccine - 4 May 2007
Fittipaldi Nahuel, Harel Josée, D'Amours Benoit, Lacouture Sonia, Kobisch Marylène, Gottschalk Marcelo
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus suis is responsible for severe economic losses to the swine industry. Prevention of the diseases caused by this pathogen is hampered by the inability of available vaccines to generate a protective response in pigs. A non-virulent, aromatic amino acid-auxotrophic and unencapsulated mutant strain of S. suis was generated in this study and a preliminary evaluation of its protective capacities was...
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