Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Capsule In Vivo

Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Capsule In Vivo

Many Streptococcus suis isolates from porcine endocarditis in slaughterhouses have lost their capsule and are considered avirulent. However, we retrieved capsule- and virulence-recovered S. suis after in vivo passages of a nonencapsulated strain in mice, suggesting that nonencapsulated S. suis are s...

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Main Authors: Jean-Philippe Auger, Nattakan Meekhanon, Masatoshi Okura, Makoto Osaki, Marcelo Gottschalk, Tsutomu Sekizaki, Daisuke Takamatsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Streptococcus suis
bacterial capsule
zoonosis
mutation
bacteria
pigs
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/10/15-1640_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/10/15-1640_article

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