Molecular typing of Streptococcus suis strains isolated from diseased and healthy pigs between 1996-2016.

ABSTRACT: Streptococcus suis is an economically important pathogen of pigs as well as a zoonotic cause of human disease. Serotyping is used for further characterization of isolates; some serotypes seem to be more virulent and more widely spread than others. This study characterizes a collection of German field isolates of Streptococcus suis from pigs dating from 1996 to 2016 with respect to capsular genes (cps) specific for individual serotypes and pathotype by multiplex PCR and relates results to the clinical background of these isolates. The most prominent finding was the reduction in prevalence of serotype-2/serotype-1/2 among invasive isolates during this sampling period, which might be attributed to widely implemented autogenous vaccination programs in swine against serotype 2 in Germany. In di

SUBMITTER: Prufer TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6336254 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature