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Urban Wild Boars and Risk for Zoonotic Streptococcus suis, Spain.
- Source :
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Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2018 Jun; Vol. 24 (6), pp. 1083-1086. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Urban wild boars (Sus scrofa) from Barcelona, Spain, harbor great diversity of Streptococcus suis strains, including strains with the cps2 gene and with the same molecular profile as local human cases. The increasing trend of potential effective contacts for S. suis transmission is of public health concern.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Geography, Medical
Humans
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Prevalence
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Spain epidemiology
Swine
Virulence
Streptococcal Infections epidemiology
Streptococcal Infections microbiology
Streptococcus suis classification
Streptococcus suis genetics
Streptococcus suis pathogenicity
Sus scrofa microbiology
Swine Diseases epidemiology
Swine Diseases microbiology
Urban Health
Zoonoses
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-6059
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29774831
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.171271