Resolution of Streptococcus suis Serotypes 1/2 versus 2 and 1 versus 14 by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Method
Ján Matiašovic, Monika Zouharová, Kateřína Nedbalcová, Natálie Králová, Katarína Matiašková, Bronislav Šimek, Ivana Kucharovičová, Marcelo Gottschalk
Abstract
Streptococcus suis is an important pathogen of pigs but is also transmissible to humans, with potentially fatal consequences. Among 29 serotypes currently recognized, some are clinically and epidemiologically more important than others. This is particularly true for serotypes 2 and 14, which have a large impact on pig production and also on human health. Conventional PCR-based serotyping cannot distinguish between serotype 1/2 and serotype 2 or between serotype 1 and serotype 14.
Topics & Concepts
SerotypeStreptococcus suisBiologyVirologyMicrobiologyRestriction fragment length polymorphismPathogenPolymerase chain reactionGeneticsGeneVirulenceStreptococcal Infections and TreatmentsAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusMicrobial infections and disease research