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SUBMITTER: Willemse N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4933891 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Willemse N N Howell K J KJ Weinert L A LA Heuvelink A A Pannekoek Y Y Wagenaar J A JA Smith H E HE van der Ende A A Schultsz C C
Scientific reports 20160706
Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic swine pathogen and a major public health concern in Asia, where it emerged as an important cause of bacterial meningitis in adults. While associated with food-borne transmission in Asia, zoonotic S. suis infections are mainly occupational hazards elsewhere. To identify genomic differences that can explain zoonotic potential, we compared whole genomes of 98 S. suis isolates from human patients and pigs with invasive disease in the Netherlands, and validated our ob ...[more]