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Emerg Infect Dis
; 30(8): 1697-1701, 2024 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-39043455
ABSTRACT
Group B Streptococcus sequence type 103 is known primarily as a bovine mastitis pathogen. In Brazil, it has circulated in cattle and humans since the 1990s. It lacks scpB and, in humans, was found only among carriage isolates. Bovine-human interspecies transmission may have contributed to its evolution and spread.