Occurrence and diagnostic relevance of virulence-associated factors in Streptococcus suis;Vorkommen und diagnostische Bedeutung Virulenz-assoziierter Faktoren Bei Streptococcus suis

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 378-381

  Baums, C G ^a   Da Silva, L M G ^a   Goethe, R ^a   Valentin Weigand, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

EF; MRP; Serotype 2; Serotype 9; Streptococcus suis; Suilysin

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GERMANY; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; SEPTICEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTYPY; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMALS; GERMANY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 1842850562     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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