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Urban Wild Boars and Risk for Zoonotic Streptococcus suis, Spain

Authors :
Xavier Fernández-Aguilar
Virginia Aragon
Oscar Cabezón
Gregorio Mentaberre
Carmen Ardanuy
Marcelo Gottschalk
Nuria Galofré-Milà
Jorge Ramón López-Olvera
Jordi Càmara
Raquel Castillo-Contreras
Andreu Colom-Cadena
Santiago Lavín
Roser Velarde
Producció Animal
Sanitat Animal
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 6, Pp 1083-1086 (2018), Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, IRTA Pubpro. Open Digital Archive, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018.

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. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806059 and 10806040
Volume :
24
Issue :
6
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1250873c2e3c8fcbaaccb97b9feb6958