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Urban Wild Boars and Risk for Zoonotic Streptococcus suis, Spain
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 6, Pp 1083-1086 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018.
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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