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Identification of the Chromosomal Region Essential for Serovar-Specific Antigen and Virulence of Serovar 1 and 2 Strains of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.
Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 2018
Ogawa Yohsuke, Shiraiwa Kazumasa, Nishikawa Sayaka, Eguchi Masahiro, Shimoji Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae causes swine erysipelas, an infection characterized by acute septicemia or chronic endocarditis and polyarthritis. Among 17 E. rhusiopathiae serovars, determined based on heat-stable peptidoglycan antigens, serovars 1 and 2 are most commonly associated with the disease; however, the molecular basis for the association between these serovars and virulence is unknown. To search for the...
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