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Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Capsule In Vivo.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2016
Auger Jean-Philippe, Meekhanon Nattakan, Okura Masatoshi, Osaki Makoto, Gottschalk Marcelo, Sekizaki Tsutomu, Takamatsu Daisuke
Abstract excerpt
Many Streptococcus suis isolates from porcine endocarditis in slaughterhouses have lost their capsule and are considered avirulent. However, we retrieved capsule- and virulence-recovered S. suis after in vivo passages of a nonencapsulated strain in mice, suggesting that nonencapsulated S. suis are still potentially hazardous for persons in the swine industry.
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