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Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Molecular Epidemiology of Underreported Emerging Zoonotic Pathogen Streptococcus suis in Europe

Jaime BrizuelaComments to Author , Thomas J. Roodsant, Qureisha Hasnoe, Boas C.L. van der Putten, Jana Kozakova, Hans-Christian Slotved, Mark van der Linden, Ilse G.A. de Beer-Schuurman, Ewa Sadowy, Juan Antonio Sáez-Nieto, Victoria J. Chalker, Kees C.H. van der Ark, and Constance Schultsz
Author affiliations: Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (J. Brizuela, T.J. Roodsant, Q. Hasnoe, B.C.L. van der Putten, I.G.A de Beer-Schuurman, K.C.H. van der Ark, C. Schultsz); National Institute for Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic (J. Kozakova); Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (H.-C. Slotved); University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany (M. van der Linden); National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland (E. Sadowy); Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain (J.A. Sáez-Nieto); UK Health Security Agency, London, UK (V.J. Chalker).

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Figure 4

Presence/absence matrix of 46 genes putatively associated with zoonotic potential in study of zoonotic Streptococcus suis in Europe. The same phylogenetic tree presented in Figure 3 was used. Blue squares indicate presence of the gene while red squares indicate absence. The colored branches indicate CCs and follow the same pattern as in Figure 3 (blue, CC1; red, CC20; purple, CC87; yellow, CC94; green, CC25). We defined gene presence with 80% protein identity and coverage. We used Phandango (19) to visualize the tree. Bios, biosynthesis; CC, clonal complex; CS, complement system evasion.

Figure 4. Presence/absence matrix of 46 genes putatively associated with zoonotic potential in study of zoonotic Streptococcus suis in Europe. The same phylogenetic tree presented in Figure 3 was used. Blue squares indicate presence of the gene while red squares indicate absence. The colored branches indicate CCs and follow the same pattern as in Figure 3 (blue, CC1; red, CC20; purple, CC87; yellow, CC94; green, CC25). We defined gene presence with 80% protein identity and coverage. We used Phandango (19) to visualize the tree. Bios, biosynthesis; CC, clonal complex; CS, complement system evasion.

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