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Clonal expansion of a virulent Streptococcus suis serotype 9 lineage distinguishable from carriage subpopulations
28 Oct 2019
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus suis is a porcine pathogen, causing severe invasive infections. S. suis serotype 9 is increasingly causing disease in Dutch and Chinese pig herds, but it is unknown whether all serotype 9 isolates are equally virulent and markers that can identify virulent strains are not available. Therefore, discrimination between virulent isolates and carriage isolates typically not associated with disease, is...
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