Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2008)

Human Case of Streptococcus suis Serotype 16 Infection

  • Ho Dang Trung Nghia,
  • Ngo Thi Hoa,
  • Le Dieu Linh,
  • James Campbell,
  • To Song Diep,
  • Nguyen Van Vinh Chau,
  • Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai,
  • Tran Tinh Hien,
  • Brian G. Spratt,
  • Jeremy Farrar,
  • Constance Schultsz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1401.070534
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 155 – 157

Abstract

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Streptococcus suis infection is an emerging zoonosis in Southeast Asia. We report a fatal case of S. suis serotype 16 infection in a Vietnamese man in 2001.

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