Genetic diversity of Streptococcus suis isolated from pigs and humans in Chiang Mai and Lamphun province, Thailand

• Main Authors: Korawan Wongsawan, Naoki Takenami, Sumalee Pruksakorn, Achara Fongcom, Marcelo Gottschalk, Volaluck Supjatura, Shinji Takai, Prasit Tharavichitkul
• Format: Book Series
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=33645910866&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/61884
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Streptococcus suis is recognized worldwide as an important swine pathogen, which occasionally infects humans and causes fatal illness. Seventy-three isolates of S. suis from patients and healthy pigs in Thailand were characterized by serotyping, three putative virulence genes (mrp, epf, and sly) and...