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Streptococcus suis serotype 2

Known as: S. suis 2, Streptococcus Group R 
A serotype of Streptococcus suis that is considered the most virulent serotype and the serotype most frequently isolated from diseased animals.
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2015
2015
A novel pro-inflammatory protein of Streptococcus suis 2 induces the Toll-like receptor 2-dependent expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in RAW 264.7 macrophages via activation of ERK1/2 pathway
Streptococcus suis 2 is an important swine pathogen and an emergent zoonotic pathogen. Excessive inflammation caused by S. suis… 
2014
2014
Antibody Response Specific to the Capsular Polysaccharide Is Impaired in Streptococcus suis Serotype 2-Infected Animals
ABSTRACT Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is an extracellular encapsulated bacterium that causes severe septicemia and meningitis in… 
2012
2012
Identification and proteome analysis of the two-component VirR/VirS system in epidemic Streptococcus suis serotype 2.
Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2) is an important zoonotic pathogen that infects pigs and sporadically causes serious… 
2009
2009
Inactivation of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Attenuates the Virulence of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 that Causes Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
Di-peptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV), originally recognized as CD26 in eukaryotic cells, is distributed widely in microbial… 
2009
2009
Recurrence of Human Streptococcus suis Infections in 2007: Three Cases of Meningitis and Implications that Heterogeneous S. suis 2 Circulates in China
Emergence of fatal Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (S. suis 2, SS2) in China, 2005, has greatly challenged the public health… 
2007
2007
Existence and characterization of allelic variants of Sao, a newly identified surface protein from Streptococcus suis
Abstract Surface antigen one (Sao) is a newly identified protein from the major zoonotic pathogen, Streptococcus suis. In search… 
2001
2001
Aerogenous infection of microbiologically defined minipigs with Streptococcus suis serotype 2
Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is the cause of serious infections in animals and humans, but certain aspects of the infection… 
2001
2001
Selection of Virulence-Associated Determinants ofStreptococcus suis Serotype 2 by In Vivo Complementation
ABSTRACT Within Streptococcus suis serotype 2, pathogenic, weakly pathogenic, and nonpathogenic strains can be found. We… 
1997
1997
Virulent strains of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 and highly virulent strains of Streptococcus suis serotype 1 can be recognized by a unique ribotype profile
The ribotype profiles of 42 different Streptococcus suis strains were studied. These strains belonged to five serotypes and… 
1994
1994
Immunization of mice against Streptococcus suis serotype 2 infections using a live avirulent strain.
In this study, the IgG response of mice injected with two virulent strains and one avirulent Streptococcus suis capsular type 2… 
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