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Streptococcus canis are a single population infecting multiple animal hosts des...
Pinho, MD; Foster, G; Pomba, C.; Machado, MP; Baily, JL; Kuiken, T; Melo-Cristino, J; Ramirez, M; Vaz, T; Giao, MABSTRACT - Streptococcus canis is an animal pathogen which occasionally causes infections in humans. The S. canis M-like protein (SCM) encoded by the scm gene, is its best characterized virulence factor but previous studies suggested it could be absent in a substantial fraction of isolates. We studied the distribution and variability of the scm gene in 188 S. canis isolates recovered from companion animals (n =...
Date: 2019
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Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa