A new variant of the capsule 3 cluster occurs in Streptococcus pneumoniae from deceased wild chimpanzees.
The presence of new Streptococcus pneumoniae clones in dead wild chimpanzees from the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, with previous respiratory problems has been demonstrated recently by DNA sequence analysis from samples obtained from the deceased apes. In order to broadenour understanding o...
Main Authors: | Dalia Denapaite, Regine Hakenbeck |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3182177?pdf=render |
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