Pathogenic Elizabethkingia miricola Infection in Cultured Black-Spotted Frogs, China, 2016

Multiregional outbreaks of meningitis-like disease caused by Elizabethkingia miricola were confirmed in black-spotted frog farms in China in 2016. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that this amphibian E. miricola strain is closely related to human clinical isolates. Our findings indicate that E. miri...

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Main Authors: Ruixue Hu, Junfa Yuan, Yin Meng, Zhe Wang, Zemao Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/12/17-0942_article