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Genetic analysis of Streptococcus suis isolates from wild rabbits.
Veterinary microbiology - 30 Aug 2013
Sánchez del Rey V, Fernández-Garayzábal J F, Briones V, Iriso A, Domínguez L, Gottschalk M, Vela A I
Abstract excerpt
This work aims to investigate the presence of Streptococcus suis in wild rabbits. A total of 65 S. suis isolates were recovered from 33.3% of the wild rabbits examined. Most isolates (86.2%) belong to genotype cps9. These isolates were further characterized by pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and virulence genotyping. Overall, S. suis exhibited a low genetic diversity....
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