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Prevalence and genetic diversity of Rhodococcus equi in wild boars (Sus scrofa), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Poland.
BMC microbiology - 22 May 2015
Witkowski Lucjan, Rzewuska Magdalena, Cisek Agata Anna, Chrobak-Chmiel Dorota, Kizerwetter-Świda Magdalena, Czopowicz Michał, Welz Mirosław, Kita Jerzy
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BACKGROUND: Rhodococcus equi is now considered an emerging zoonotic pathogen. Sources and routes of human infection remain unclear but foodborne transmission seems to be the most probable way. Strains of pig or bovine type are most often isolated from human cases and moreover R. equi is present i...
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