Streptococcus suis: An emerging human threat

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-6

  Segura, Mariela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE;

EID: 58749112196     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/594371     Document Type: Editorial

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