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Prevalence of various phenotypes of Streptococcus suis isolated from swine in the U.S.A. based on the presence of muraminidase-released protein and extracellular factor.
Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire - 1 Jan 1996
Galina L, Vecht U, Wisselink H J, Pijoan C
Abstract excerpt
The present study describes the prevalence of muraminidase-released protein (MRP) and extracellular factor (EF) proteins associated with virulence of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 from a collection of USA strains. Sixty-six strains belonging to serotypes 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 10, were analyzed with a set of double antibody sandwich ELISAs and Western blots. Nineteen of 34 serotype 2 strains from cases of swine...
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