Recurrence of human streptococcus suis infections in 2007: Three cases of meningitis and implications that heterogeneous s. suis 2 circulates in China

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 506-514

  Feng, Y ^a   Shi, X ^b   Zhang, H ^a   Zhang, S ^b   Ma, Y ^a   Zheng, B ^a   Han, H ^a   Lan, Q ^b   Tang, J ^c   Cheng, Cheng ^b   Gao, G F ^a   Hu, Qinghua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Research Institute for Medicine of Nanjing Command   (China)

Author keywords

89K; Heterogenicity; Pathogenicity island; S. suis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; GENE DELETION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 68849098573     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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