Urban Wild Boars and Risk for Zoonotic Streptococcus suis, Spain

Urban Wild Boars and Risk for Zoonotic Streptococcus suis, Spain

Urban wild boars (Sus scrofa) from Barcelona, Spain, harbor great diversity of Streptococcus suis strains, including strains with the cps2 gene and with the same molecular profile as local human cases. The increasing trend of potential effective contacts for S. suis transmission is of public health...

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Main Authors: Xavier Fernández-Aguilar, Marcelo Gottschalk, Virginia Aragon, Jordi Càmara, Carmen Ardanuy, Roser Velarde, Nuria Galofré-Milà, Raquel Castillo-Contreras, Jorge R. López-Olvera, Gregorio Mentaberre, Andreu Colom-Cadena, Santiago Lavín, Oscar Cabezón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
bacterial meningitis
disease transmission
zoonoses
native invader
public health
Spain
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/6/17-1271_article

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