Streptococcus agalactiae Sequence Type 283 in Farmed Fish, Brazil

Streptococcus agalactiae Sequence Type 283 in Farmed Fish, Brazil

In 2016 and 2017, we characterized outbreaks caused by Streptococcus agalactiae serotype III sequence type (ST) 283 in Nile tilapia farms in Brazil. Whole-genome multilocus sequence typing clustered the fish isolates together with the zoonotic ST283 and other STs related to cases in humans, frogs, d...

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Main Authors: Carlos A.G. Leal, Guilherme A. Queiroz, Felipe L. Pereira, Guilherme C. Tavares, Henrique C.P. Figueiredo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Group B streptococcus
GBS
ST283
genome
wgMLST
clonal expansion
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/4/18-0543_article

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