Polymorphism analysis of the apxIA gene of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovar 5 isolated in swine herds from Brazil.

The bacterium Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is the etiological agent of Contagious Porcine Pleuropneumonia, a disease responsible for economic losses in the swine industry worldwide. A. pleuropneumoniae is capable of producing proteinaceous exotoxins responsible for inducing hemorrhagic lesions, o...

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Main Authors: Lucas Fernando Dos Santos, Richard Costa Polveiro, Thalita Scatamburlo Moreira, Pedro Marcus Pereira Vidigal, Yung-Fu Chang, Maria Aparecida Scatamburlo Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208789