Group B Streptococcus Sequence Type 103 as Human and Bovine Pathogen, Brazil
Autor: | Laura M.A. Oliveira, Leandro C. Simões, Chiara Crestani, Natália S. Costa, José Carlos F. Pantoja, Renata F. Rabello, Sérgio E.L. Fracalanzza, Lucia M. Teixeira, Uzma B. Khan, Dorota Jamrozy, Stephen Bentley, Tatiana C.A. Pinto, Ruth N. Zadoks |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 8, Pp 1697-1701 (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
DOI: | 10.3201/eid3008.231575 |
Popis: | Group B Streptococcus sequence type 103 is known primarily as a bovine mastitis pathogen. In Brazil, it has circulated in cattle and humans since the 1990s. It lacks scpB and, in humans, was found only among carriage isolates. Bovine–human interspecies transmission may have contributed to its evolution and spread. |
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