Long-Term Co-Circulation of Host-Specialist and Host-Generalist Lineages of Group B <i>Streptococcus</i> in Brazilian Dairy Cattle with Heterogeneous Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles

• Main Authors: Laura Maria Andrade de Oliveira (Author), Leandro Correia Simões (Author), Chiara Crestani (Author), Natália Silva Costa (Author), José Carlos de Figueiredo Pantoja (Author), Renata Fernandes Rabello (Author), Lucia Martins Teixeira (Author), Uzma Basit Khan (Author), Stephen Bentley (Author), Dorota Jamrozy (Author), Tatiana de Castro Abreu Pinto (Author), Ruth N. Zadoks (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Group B <i>Streptococcus</i> (GBS) is a major cause of contagious bovine mastitis (CBM) in Brazil. The GBS population is composed of host-generalist and host-specialist lineages, which may differ in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and zoonotic potential, and the surveillance of bovine GBS...