Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Genotypic Profile of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 and Clinical Features of Infection in Humans, Thailand

Anusak Kerdsin, Surang Dejsirilert, Parichart Puangpatra, Saowalak Sripakdee, Koranan Chumla, Nitsara Boonkerd, Pitimol Polwichai, Susumu Tanimura, Dan Takeuchi, Tatsuya Nakayama, Shota Nakamura, Yukihiro Akeda, Marcelo Gottschalk, Pathom Sawanpanyalert, and Kazunori Oishi

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand (A. Kerdsin, S. Dejsirilert, P. Puangpatra, S. Sripakdee, K. Chumla, N. Boonkerd, P. Polwichai, P. Sawanpanyalert); Naresuan University Phayao Campus, Phayao, Thailand (N. Boonkerd); Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan (S. Tanimura); Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (D. Takeuchi, T. Nakayama, Y. Akeda, K. Oishi); Thailand-Japan Research Collaboration Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infections, Nonthaburi (S. Nakamura); University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M. Gottschalk)

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Distribution and sequence types (STs) of 165 human isolates of Streptocoocus suis serotype 2, January 2006–August 2008, Thailand. A) Regions of isolation; B) monthly distribution of isolations.

Figure 2. Distribution and sequence types (STs) of 165 human isolates of Streptocoocus suis serotype 2, January 2006–August 2008, Thailand. A) Regions of isolation; B) monthly distribution of isolations.

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