Group B Streptococcus Sequence Type 103 as Human and Bovine Pathogen, Brazil

Group B Streptococcus sequence type 103 is known primarily as a bovine mastitis pathogen. In Brazil, it has circulated in cattle and humans since the 1990s. It lacks scpB and, in humans, was found only among carriage isolates. Bovine-human interspecies transmission may have contributed to its evolut...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2024-08, Vol.30 (8), p.1697-1701
Hauptverfasser: Oliveira, Laura M A, Simões, Leandro C, Crestani, Chiara, Costa, Natália S, Pantoja, José Carlos F, Rabello, Renata F, Fracalanzza, Sérgio E L, Teixeira, Lucia M, Khan, Uzma B, Jamrozy, Dorota, Bentley, Stephen, Pinto, Tatiana C A, Zadoks, Ruth N
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Zusammenfassung:Group B Streptococcus sequence type 103 is known primarily as a bovine mastitis pathogen. In Brazil, it has circulated in cattle and humans since the 1990s. It lacks scpB and, in humans, was found only among carriage isolates. Bovine-human interspecies transmission may have contributed to its evolution and spread.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid3008.231575