Characterization of virulence of the Sreptococcus suis serotype 2 reference strain Henrichsen S 735 in newborn gnotobiotic pigs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 125-136

  Vecht, Uri ^a   Wisselink, Henk J ^a   Stockhofe Zurwieden, Norbert ^a   Smith, Hilde E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Pig; Polyarthritis; Streptococcus suis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GNOTOBIOTICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030176798     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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