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Evaluation of Galleria mellonella larvae for studying the virulence of Streptococcus suis

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus suis is an encapsulated Gram-positive bacterium and the leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in young pigs, resulting in considerable economic losses in the porcine industry. S. suis is considered an emerging zoonotic agent with increasing numbers of human cases over the...

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Autores principales: Velikova, Nadya, Kavanagh, Kevin, Wells, Jerry M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5160000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27978817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0905-2

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