Virulence Genes and Genetic Diversity of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Isolates from Thailand

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 69-79

  Maneerat, K ^a   Yongkiettrakul, S ^b   Kramomtong, I ^c   Tongtawe, P ^a   Tapchaisri, P ^a   Luangsuk, P ^d   Chaicumpa, W ^a,e   Gottschalk, M ^f   Srimanote, P ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Chiang Kham General Hospital   (Thailand)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

multilocus sequence typing; RAPD; Streptococcus suis; Thailand; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; THAILAND; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE GENES;

MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; RAPD; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; THAILAND; VIRULENCE GENES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; THAILAND; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84887383571     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12157     Document Type: Article

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