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Pathogenic Elizabethkingia miricola Infection in Cultured Black-Spotted Frogs, China, 2016.

ABSTRACT: Multiregional outbreaks of meningitis-like disease caused by Elizabethkingia miricola were confirmed in black-spotted frog farms in China in 2016. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that this amphibian E. miricola strain is closely related to human clinical isolates. Our findings indicate that E. miricola can be epizootic and may pose a threat to humans.

SUBMITTER: Hu R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5708249 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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