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Streptococcus suis in free-ranging wild boars from Southern Brazil: A preliminary survey.
Cassiane Elisabete Lopes, Bruna Correa Lopes, Cristine Cerva, Angélica Cavalheiro Bertagnolli, Lucas Teixeira de Castro, Rafael Pires Lima, Jean Carlo Olivo Menegatt, Márcia Regina Loiko, David Driemeier, Fabiana Quoos Mayer
Published: 202510.1007/s11259-025-10960-0
Abstract
Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a pathogen associated with pigs and human meningitis. Previous studies indicate wild boars (Sus scrofa) as a S. suis reservoir; however, in Brazil this has not yet been assessed in free-ranging wild boars. Therefore, t…
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