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Streptococcus suis infection on European farms is associated with an altered tonsil microbiome and resistome
2022-08-01
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus suis is a Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen causing systemic disease in piglets around weaning age. The factors predisposing to disease are not known. We hypothesised that the tonsillar microbiota might influence disease risk via colonisation resistance and/or co-infections. We conducted a cross-sectional case-control study within outbreak farms complemented by selective longitudinal sampling and...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 0d28dd23-8b9a-5c1c-8e11-12406f30db20
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.08.01.500980
