The global emergence of a novel Streptococcus suis clade associated with human infections

Abstract Streptococcus suis, a ubiquitous bacterial colonizer in pigs, has recently extended host range to humans, leading to a global surge of deadly human infections and three large outbreaks since 1998. To better understand the mechanisms for the emergence of cross‐species transmission and virule...

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Published in:	EMBO Molecular Medicine
Main Authors:	Xingxing Dong, Yanjie Chao, Yang Zhou, Rui Zhou, Wei Zhang, Vincent A. Fischetti, Xiaohong Wang, Ye Feng, Jinquan Li
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Springer Nature 2021-06-01
Subjects:	human pathogen population genomics ST1 ST7 Streptococcus suis
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202013810