One hypervirulent clone, sequence type 283, accounts for a large proportion of invasive Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from humans and diseased tilapia in Southeast Asia

Background: In 2015, Singapore had the first and only reported foodborne outbreak of invasive disease caused by the group B Streptococcus (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae). Disease, predominantly septic arthritis and meningitis, was associated with sequence type (ST)283, acquired from eating raw farme...

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Main Authors: Barkham, Timothy, Zadoks, Ruth N., Azmai, Mohammad Noor Amal, Baker, Stephen, Bich, Vu Thi Ngoc, Chalker, Victoria, Chau, Man Ling, Dance, David, Deepak, Rama Narayana, Doorn, H. Rogier Van, Gutierrez, Ramona A., Holmes, Mark A., Huong, Lan Nguyen Phu, Koh, Tse Hsien, Martins, Elisabete, Mehershahi, Kurosh, Newton, Paul, Ng, Lee Ching, Phuoc, Nguyen Ngoc, Sangwichian, Ornuma, Sawatwong, Pongpun, Surin, Uraiwan, Tan, Thean Yen, Tang, Wen Ying, Thuy, Nguyen Vu, Turner, Paul, Vongsouvath, Manivanh, Zhang, Defeng, WhistlerI, Toni, Chen, Swaine L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81541/1/One%20hypervirulent%20clone%2C%20sequence%20type%20283%2C%20accounts%20for%20a%20large%20proportion%20of%20invasive%20Streptococcus%20agalactiae%20isolated%20from%20humans%20and%20diseased%20tilapia%20in%20Southeast%20Asia.pdf