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Molecular characterisation of 'strangles' outbreaks in the UK: the use of M-protein typing of Streptococcus equi ssp. equi.
Equine veterinary journal - 1 May 2011
Ivens P A S, Matthews D, Webb K, Newton J R, Steward K, Waller A S, Robinson C, Slater J D
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REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY: Strangles is the most commonly diagnosed and important infectious disease of horses worldwide. Very little is known about the temporo-spatial and molecular epidemiology of strangles. The disease is not notifiable in the UK and there are few published data on the geographical locations of outbreaks. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether typing of a surface protein (SeM) of Streptococcus...
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