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Prevalence of Streptococcus suis genotypes in isolates from porcine endocarditis in East Japan.
The Journal of veterinary medical science - 1 Dec 2012
Onishi Hidetaka, Sugawara Masaru, Okura Masatoshi, Osaki Makoto, Takamatsu Daisuke
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus suis is an important pathogen for both swine and humans. In this study, we genotyped 105 S. suis isolates from porcine endocarditis in East Japan on the basis of profiles of capsular serotype-specific, virulence-associated and pilus-associated genes. The most common genotype was cps2J/mrp+/epf-/sly-/sbp2-/sep1-/sgp1+ (76.19%), followed by nt(non-typeable)/mrp+/epf-/sly-/sbp2-/sep1-/sgp1+ (7.62%) and...
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