One hypervirulent clone, sequence type 283, accounts for a large proportion of invasive Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from humans and diseased tilapia in Southeast Asia.

• Main Authors: Timothy Barkham (Author), Ruth N Zadoks (Author), Mohammad Noor Amal Azmai (Author), Stephen Baker (Author), Vu Thi Ngoc Bich (Author), Victoria Chalker (Author), Man Ling Chau (Author), David Dance (Author), Rama Narayana Deepak (Author), H Rogier van Doorn (Author), Ramona A Gutierrez (Author), Mark A Holmes (Author), Lan Nguyen Phu Huong (Author), Tse Hsien Koh (Author), Elisabete Martins (Author), Kurosh Mehershahi (Author), Paul Newton (Author), Lee Ching Ng (Author), Nguyen Ngoc Phuoc (Author), Ornuma Sangwichian (Author), Pongpun Sawatwong (Author), Uraiwan Surin (Author), Thean Yen Tan (Author), Wen Ying Tang (Author), Nguyen Vu Thuy (Author), Paul Turner (Author), Manivanh Vongsouvath (Author), Defeng Zhang (Author), Toni Whistler (Author), Swaine L Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>In 2015, Singapore had the first and only reported foodborne outbreak of invasive disease caused by the group B Streptococcus (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae). Disease, predominantly septic arthritis and meningitis, was associated with sequence type (ST)283, acquired fr...