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- Title
Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Capsule In Vivo.
- Authors
Auger, Jean-Philippe; Nattakan Meekhanon; Masatoshi Okura; Makoto Osaki; Gottschalk, Marcelo; Tsutomu Sekizaki; Daisuke Takamatsu; Meekhanon, Nattakan; Okura, Masatoshi; Osaki, Makoto; Sekizaki, Tsutomu; Takamatsu, Daisuke
- Abstract
Many Streptococcus suis isolates from porcine endocarditis in slaughterhouses have lost their capsule and are considered avirulent. However, we retrieved capsule- and virulence-recovered S. suis after in vivo passages of a nonencapsulated strain in mice, suggesting that nonencapsulated S. suis are still potentially hazardous for persons in the swine industry.
- Subjects
STREPTOCOCCUS; ENDOCARDITIS; SLAUGHTERING; INFLAMMATION; IN vivo studies; ANIMAL experimentation; BACTERIAL antigens; COMPARATIVE studies; GENES; INFECTIVE endocarditis; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MICE; MICROBIOLOGICAL techniques; GENETIC mutation; POLYSACCHARIDES; RESEARCH; STREPTOCOCCAL diseases; SWINE; TOXINS; MICROBIAL virulence; EVALUATION research; SEROTYPING; BACTERIAL capsules
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 10, p1793
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2210.151640