Novel Streptococcus suis Sequence Type 834 among Humans, Madagascar

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Raberahona, Mihaja ; Rasoanandrasana, Saïda ; Rahajamanana, Vonintsoa Lalaina ; Ranaivo-Rabetokotany, Felana ; Andriananja, Volatiana ; Rakotomalala, Fetra Angelot ; Randria, Mamy Jean de Dieu ; Rakotovao, Luc ; Marois-Créhan, Corinne ; Tocqueville, Véronique ; Touzain, Fabrice ; Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Mala
• Description:
  Two cases of meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis occurred in Madagascar, 1 in 2015 and 1 in 2016. We report the characterization of the novel sequence type, 834, which carried the mrp+/sly+/epf+ virulence marker and a mutation G→T at position 174, leading to a substitution mutS1 to mutS284.
• Subjects:
  Adult Animals Female Genotype Humans Male Meat Meningitis, Bacterial/Epidemiology Meningitis, Bacterial/Microbiology Middle Aged Streptococcal Infections Streptococcus Suis Swine Young Adult Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(2):391-392.
• Pubmed ID:
  29350165
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5782891
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Madagascar
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:54e964714e0160fccde28c9e4e5040c0cc84df56750a5041ef126181502d218b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51386/cdc_51386_DS1.pdf
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