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Streptococcus suis outbreak caused by an emerging zoonotic strain with acquired multi-drug resistance in Thailand
15 Feb 2023
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus suis is an emerging zoonotic swine pathogen which can cause severe infections in humans. In March 2021, an outbreak of S. suis infections with 19 confirmed cases of septicemia and meningitis leading to two deaths, occurred in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand. We characterized the outbreak through an epidemiological investigation combined with Illumina and Nanopore whole genome sequencing (WGS)....
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