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Carriage of the zoonotic organism Streptococcus suis in chicken flocks in Vietnam

Abstract:

Streptococcus suis infections are an emerging zoonotic agent causing severe disease in humans and a major pig pathogen worldwide. We investigated the colonization of S. suis in healthy chickens in different flocks (n = 59) as well as in‐contact pigs in farms with S. suis‐positive chickens (n = 44) in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Streptococcus suis was isolated from 20 (33.9%) chicken flocks and from all pigs investigated. Chicken isolates formed a distinct genotypic cluster compared with pi...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1111/zph.12711

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Publisher:
Wiley
Journal:
Zoonoses and Public Health More from this journal
Volume:
67
Issue:
8
Pages:
843-848
Publication date:
2020-04-28
Acceptance date:
2020-04-03
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EISSN:
1863-2378
ISSN:
1863-1959
Pmid:
32342661
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1102299
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pubs:1102299
Deposit date:
2020-06-16

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