Streptococcus suis, an important pig pathogen and emerging zoonotic agent—an update on the worldwide distribution based on serotyping and sequence typing

G Goyette-Desjardins, JP Auger, J Xu… - Emerging microbes & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Streptococcus suis is an important pathogen causing economic problems in the pig industry.
Moreover, it is a zoonotic agent causing severe infections to people in close contact with …

Virulence Factors Involved in the Pathogenesis of the Infection Caused by the Swine Pathogen and Zoonotic Agent Streptococcus Suis

N Fittipaldi, M Segura, D Grenier… - Future microbiology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Streptococcus suis is a major swine pathogen responsible for important economic losses to
the swine industry worldwide. It is also an emerging zoonotic agent of meningitis and …

Streptococcus suis: a new emerging or an old neglected zoonotic pathogen?

M Gottschalk, J Xu, C Calzas, M Segura - Future microbiology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Infections caused by Streptococcus suis are considered a global and an economical
problem in the swine industry. Moreover, S. suis is an agent of zoonosis that afflicts people …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid Evolution of Virulence and Drug Resistance in the Emerging Zoonotic Pathogen Streptococcus suis

MTG Holden, H Hauser, M Sanders, TH Ngo… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen that infects pigs and can
occasionally cause serious infections in humans. S. suis infections occur sporadically in …

[HTML][HTML] Streptococcus suis – The “Two Faces” of a Pathobiont in the Porcine Respiratory Tract

D Vötsch, M Willenborg, YB Weldearegay… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Streptococcus (S.) suis is a frequent early colonizer of the upper respiratory tract of pigs. In
fact, it is difficult to find S. suis-free animals under natural conditions, showing the successful …

Surface-associated and secreted factors of Streptococcus suis in epidemiology, pathogenesis and vaccine development

CG Baums, P Valentin-Weigand - Animal health research reviews, 2009 - cambridge.org
Streptococcus suis is an invasive porcine pathogen associated with meningitis, arthritis,
bronchopneumonia and other diseases. The pathogen constitutes a major health problem in …

A hypothetical model of host-pathogen interaction of Streptococcus suis in the gastro-intestinal tract

ML Ferrando, C Schultsz - Gut microbes, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Streptococcus suis (SS) is a zoonotic pathogen that can cause systemic infection in pigs and
humans. The ingestion of contaminated pig meat is a well-established risk factor for zoonotic …

Characterization of Streptococcus suis isolates recovered between 2008 and 2011 from diseased pigs in Quebec, Canada

M Gottschalk, S Lacouture, L Bonifait, D Roy… - Veterinary …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the present study we report the distribution of different serotypes of Streptococcus suis
among strains isolated from diseased pigs in Québec, Canada, recovered between 2008 …

[HTML][HTML] Lineage and virulence of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 isolates from North America

N Fittipaldi, J Xu, S Lacouture… - Emerging infectious …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We performed multilocus sequence typing of 64 North American Streptococcus suis
serotype 2 porcine isolates. Strains were sequence type (ST) 28 (51%), ST25 (44%), and …

Pan‐genome analysis of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 revealed genomic diversity among strains of different virulence

G Guo, D Du, Y Yu, Y Zhang, Y Qian… - Transboundary and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Streptococcus suis (SS) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen that causes severe infections in
swine and humans. Among the 33 known serotypes, serotype 2 is most frequently …