… Chiang Mai and Lamphun provinces during June–July 2008, with 44 confirmed cases, 26
suspected cases, and 3 fatal cases … suis infections in Thailand is in the range 9.5–19.5% [4,13,…

… costs incurred from S.suis infection, of which the majority of cases are middle-aged men who
… by Chiang Mai University. The funder had no role in the study design, data collection and …

… based on a case series of 40 adult S.suis infected patients in … 41]. Considering significant
economic burden incurred from S.… hospital charges at a tertiary hospital (Chiang Mai University …

… in swine that may cause systemic infection in humans. S. … with swine production contributing
to 9–41% of their total income [… between month of sample collection or sampling location and …

… Study population and data collection … All confirmed S.suis cases with available medical
records were included … practice upon admission at Chiang Mai University Hospital (CMUH). …

… suis infection cases (93.4%). The second most common serotype is serotype 14 (5.2%)
followed by some others such as 24 (0.6%), 5 (0.4%), 4 (0.1%), 9 (0.1%), and 31 (0.1%) [15,16,17…

… infections in both humans and pigs resulting in severe cases of … A second outbreak was
reported in Chiang Mai and … profiles of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 sequence type 25 strains…

… gel electrophoresis patterns and sequence types identical or highly … suis [40,41]. Improper
hygienic practices during carcass and … On the other hand, a study in Chiang Mai revealed that …

… clones that are responsible for the majority of human infection cases, such as the serotype 2
(most … We sampled and sequenced a collection of isolates from healthy pigs in Chiang Mai …

… of severe foodborne cases related to Streptococcus suis (S. … nationwide, including Northern
(Chiang Mai, Nan, and Phayao … However, all pigs in this study did not show any clinical signs …