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Detection of Multiple Parallel Transmission Outbreak of Streptococcus suis Human Infection by Use of Genome Epidemiology, China, 2005.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2017
Du Pengcheng, Zheng Han, Zhou Jieping, Lan Ruiting, Ye Changyun, Jing Huaiqi, Jin Dong, Cui Zhigang, Bai Xuemei, Liang Jianming, Liu Jiantao, Xu Lei, Zhang Wen, Chen Chen, Xu Jianguo
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Streptococcus suis sequence type 7 emerged and caused 2 of the largest human infection outbreaks in China in 1998 and 2005. To determine the major risk factors and source of the infections, we analyzed whole genomes of 95 outbreak-associated isolates, identified 160 single nucleotide polymorphisms, and classified them into 6 clades. Molecular clock analysis revealed that clade 1 (responsible for the 1998...
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