Streptococcus suis: Past and present

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 381-407

  Staats, J J ^a   Feder, I ^a   Okwumabua, O ^a   Chengappa, M M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Immunity; Pathogenesis; Pig; Streptococcus suis; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIN; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SYNDROME; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030876782     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005870317757     Document Type: Review

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