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Urban Wild Boars and Risk for Zoonotic Streptococcus suis, Spain

Authors :
Xavier Fernández-Aguilar
Marcelo Gottschalk
Virginia Aragon
Jordi Càmara
Carmen Ardanuy
Roser Velarde
Nuria Galofré-Milà
Raquel Castillo-Contreras
Jorge R. López-Olvera
Gregorio Mentaberre
Andreu Colom-Cadena
Santiago Lavín
Oscar Cabezón
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 6, Pp 1083-1086 (2018)
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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
24
Issue :
6
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.4f9a0c3b2eac4fbf807f767bd65531f8
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.171271