Slaughterhouse Pigs Are a Major Reservoir of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Capable of Causing Human Infection in Southern Vietnam

Ngo Thi Hoa; Tran Thi Bich Chieu; Tran Thi Thu Nga; Nguyen Van Dung; James Campbell; Pham Hong Anh; Huynh Huu Tho; Nguyen Van Vinh Chau; Juliet E. Bryant; Tran Tinh Hien; Jeremy Farrar; Constance Schultsz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017943

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Slaughterhouse Pigs Are a Major Reservoir of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Capable of Causing Human Infection in Southern Vietnam

Ngo Thi Hoa ,

* E-mail: hoant@oucru.org

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Tran Thi Bich Chieu,

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Tran Thi Thu Nga,

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Nguyen Van Dung,

Affiliation Sub-Department of Animal Health, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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James Campbell,

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Pham Hong Anh,

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Huynh Huu Tho,

Affiliation Sub-Department of Animal Health, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Nguyen Van Vinh Chau,

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Juliet E. Bryant,

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Tran Tinh Hien,

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Jeremy Farrar,

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Constance Schultsz

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Academic Medical Centre, Centre for Poverty-related Communicable Diseases, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Slaughterhouse Pigs Are a Major Reservoir of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Capable of Causing Human Infection in Southern Vietnam

Ngo Thi Hoa,
Tran Thi Bich Chieu,
Tran Thi Thu Nga,
Nguyen Van Dung,
James Campbell,
Pham Hong Anh,
Huynh Huu Tho,
Nguyen Van Vinh Chau,
Juliet E. Bryant,
Tran Tinh Hien

Published: March 28, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017943

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