Invasive Disease and Toxic Shock due to Zoonotic Streptococcus suis: An Emerging Infection in the East?
Open Access
- 11 April 2006
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 3 (5) , e187
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030187
Abstract
Sriskandan and Slater discuss the implications of Tang and colleagues' report of the largest known zoonotic outbreak of S. suis, which occurred in Sichuan Province, China, in 2005.Keywords
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