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Identification of genes and genomic islands correlated with high pathogenicity in Streptococcus suis using whole genome tiling microarrays.
PloS one - 30 Mar 2011
Zheng Xiao, Zheng Han, Lan Ruiting, Ye Changyun, Wang Yiting, Zhang Ji, Jing Huaiqi, Chen Chen, Segura Mariela, Gottschalk Marcelo, Xu Jianguo
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus suis is an important zoonotic pathogen that can cause meningitis and sepsis in both pigs and humans. Infections in humans have been sporadic worldwide but two severe outbreaks occurred in China in recent years, while infections in pigs are a major problem in the swine industry. Some S. suis strains are more pathogenic than others with 2 sequence types (ST), ST1 and ST7, being well recognized as...
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