Lineage and virulence of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 isolates from North America

• Main Authors: Fittipaldi N., Xu J., Lacouture S., Tharavichitkul P., Osaki M., Sekizaki T., Takamatsu D., Gottschalk M.
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84930483646&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/43143
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

We performed multilocus sequence typing of 64 North American Streptococcus suis serotype 2 porcine isolates. Strains were sequence type (ST) 28 (51%), ST25 (44%), and ST1 (5%). We identified nonrandom associations between STs and expression of the virulence markers suilysin (SLY), muramidase-relased...