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Progressive evolution of Streptococcus equi from Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus and adaption to equine hosts
28 Mar 2025
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Streptococcus equi subsp. equi causes the equine respiratory disease ‘strangles’, which is highly contagious, debilitating and costly to the equine industry. S. equi emerged from the ancestral Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus and continues to evolve and disseminate globally. Previous work has shown that there was a global population replacement around the beginning of the twentieth century, obscuring the...
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