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- Title
Human Streptococcus agalactiae Isolate in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).
- Authors
Evans, Joyce J.; Klesius, Phillip H.; Pasnik, David J.; Bohnsack, John F.
- Abstract
Streptococcus agalactiae, the Lancefield group B streptococcus (GBS) long recognized as a mammalian pathogen, is an emerging concern with regard to fish. We show that a GBS serotype la multilocus sequence type ST-7 isolate from a clinical case of human neonatal meningitis caused disease and death in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).
- Subjects
STREPTOCOCCUS; PATHOGENIC bacteria; SEROTYPES; NEONATAL mortality; NILE tilapia; CENTRAL nervous system diseases
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009, Vol 15, Issue 5, p774
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1505.080222