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
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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