Differences in the population structure of invasive Streptococcus suis strains isolated from pigs and from humans in The Netherlands.

Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is the main cause of zoonotic S. suis infection despite the fact that other serotypes are frequently isolated from diseased pigs. Studies comparing concurrent invasive human and pig isolates from a single geographical location are lacking. We compared the population str...

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Main Authors: Constance Schultsz, Ewout Jansen, Wendy Keijzers, Anja Rothkamp, Birgitta Duim, Jaap A Wagenaar, Arie van der Ende
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3341392?pdf=render