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Genetics & Genomics
Data on genetics & genomics detailed by C.Y. Ye and co-authors
February 3rd, 2009
"Streptococcus suis emerged to cause an unusual outbreak of streptococcal toxic-shock-like syndrome (STSLS) in 2005. The mechanisms involved are unknown," investigators in Beijing, People's Republic of China report. "Clinical, laboratory, and epidemiologic data on patients infected with culture-confirmed S. suis were analyzed. The strain involved in the outbreak, ''epidemic'' strain ST7, was compared with both a classical highly pathogenic strain, ST1, and an intermediately pathogenic strain, ST25, to determine both its capacity to induce cytokines in experimentally infected mice and its genomic difference. Of 38 patients infected with culture-confirmed S. suis, 14...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-03)
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