Occupational Exposure to Streptococcus suis among US Swine Workers

Despite numerous cases of human infection with Streptococcus suis worldwide, human disease is rarely diagnosed in North America. We studied 73 swine-exposed and 67 non–swine-exposed US adults for antibodies to S. suis serotype 2. Serologic data suggest that human infection with S. suis occurs more f...

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Autores principales: Smith, Tara C., Capuano, Ana W., Boese, Brenda, Myers, Kendall P., Gray, Gregory C.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2634616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19046523
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1412.080162
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author Smith, Tara C.
Capuano, Ana W.
Boese, Brenda
Myers, Kendall P.
Gray, Gregory C.
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Capuano, Ana W.
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Gray, Gregory C.
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description Despite numerous cases of human infection with Streptococcus suis worldwide, human disease is rarely diagnosed in North America. We studied 73 swine-exposed and 67 non–swine-exposed US adults for antibodies to S. suis serotype 2. Serologic data suggest that human infection with S. suis occurs more frequently than currently documented.
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spelling pubmed-26346162009-02-09 Occupational Exposure to Streptococcus suis among US Swine Workers Smith, Tara C. Capuano, Ana W. Boese, Brenda Myers, Kendall P. Gray, Gregory C. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Despite numerous cases of human infection with Streptococcus suis worldwide, human disease is rarely diagnosed in North America. We studied 73 swine-exposed and 67 non–swine-exposed US adults for antibodies to S. suis serotype 2. Serologic data suggest that human infection with S. suis occurs more frequently than currently documented. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2634616/ /pubmed/19046523 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1412.080162 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Smith, Tara C.
Capuano, Ana W.
Boese, Brenda
Myers, Kendall P.
Gray, Gregory C.
Occupational Exposure to Streptococcus suis among US Swine Workers
title Occupational Exposure to Streptococcus suis among US Swine Workers
title_full Occupational Exposure to Streptococcus suis among US Swine Workers
title_fullStr Occupational Exposure to Streptococcus suis among US Swine Workers
title_full_unstemmed Occupational Exposure to Streptococcus suis among US Swine Workers
title_short Occupational Exposure to Streptococcus suis among US Swine Workers
title_sort occupational exposure to streptococcus suis among us swine workers
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2634616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19046523
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1412.080162
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