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Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018
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Urban Wild Boars and Risk for Zoonotic Streptococcus suis, Spain

Xavier Fernández-AguilarComments to Author , Marcelo Gottschalk, Virginia Aragon, Jordi Càmara, Carmen Ardanuy, Roser Velarde, Nuria Galofré-Milà, Raquel Castillo-Contreras, Jorge R. López-Olvera, Gregorio Mentaberre, Andreu Colom-Cadena, Santiago Lavín, and Oscar Cabezón
Author affiliations: Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Bellaterra, Spain (X. Fernández-Aguilar, V. Aragon, N. Galofré-Milà, O. Cabezón); Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (X. Fernández-Aguilar, R. Velarde, R. Castillo-Contreras, J.R. López-Olvera, G. Mentaberre, A. Colom-Cadena, S. Lavín, O. Cabezón); Université de Montréal, St.-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (M. Gottschalk); Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain (J. Càmara, C. Ardanuy); CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain (C. Ardanuy)

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Table 2

Frequency of Streptococcus suis serotypes identified by multiplex PCR in isolates from 108 wild boars from the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Spain, 2012–2015*

Serotype
 Isolates
Wild boar
No. nasal samples positive
 No. tonsillar samples positive
 Total no. samples positive
 Prevalence, % (95% CI)
 No. animals positive*
 Prevalence % (95% CI)
2 2 1 3 0.9 (0.3–2.6) 2 1.8 (0.5–6.5)
4 3 7 10 3.0 (1.6–5.4) 10 9.2 (5.1–16.2)
6 5 0 5 1.5 (0.6–3.5) 2 1.8 (0.5–6.5)
7 0 2 2 0.6 (0.2–2.2) 2 1.8 (0.5–6.5)
8 3 1 4 1.2 (0.5–3.1) 3 2.8 (0.9–7.8)
9 7 18 25 7.5 (5.1–10.9) 13 12.0 (7.2–19.5)
10 4 1 5 1.5 (0.6–3.5) 3 2.8 (0.9–7.8)
12 0 1 1 0.3 (0.0–1.7) 1 0.9 (0.0–5.1)
15 0 4 4 1.2 (0.5–3.1) 3 2.8 (0.9–7.8)
16 27 7 34 10.2 (7.4–14.0) 17 15.7 (10.1–23.8)
17 1 0 1 0.3 (0.0–1.7) 1 0.9 (0.0–5.1)
21 30 0 30 9.0 (6.4–12.6) 12 11.1 (6.5–18.4)
23 3 0 3 0.9 (0.3–2.6) 3 2.8 (0.9–7.8)
27 2 2 4 1.2 (0.5–3.1) 4 3.7 (1.4–9.1)
28 1 2 3 0.9 (0.3–2.6) 3 2.8 (0.9–7.8)
31 20 13 33 9.9 (7.1–13.6) 23 21.3 (14.6–29.9)
33
 3
 0
 3
 0.9 (0.3–2.6)
2
 1.8 (0.5–6.5)
Nontypeable
 80
 82
 162
 48.8 (43.5–54.1)
70
 64.8 (55.4–73.2)
Total 191 141 332 100 108† 100

*Number of wild boars that were positive for that serotype, either from nasal or tonsillar isolates.
†Total count does not coincide with the column sum because each wild boar can harbor >1 serotype and S. suis was not isolated from 17 wild boars.

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