g. ST23, and strains that primarily
affect fish, e.g. ST260 and ST261, may provide insight into host-adaptation of S. agalactiae. Epidemiological studies are needed to provide insight into the likelihood and routes of interspecies transmission of strains that are associated with fish, sea mammals and invasive disease in humans as well as control measures needed to prevent transmission and disease. Acknowledgements This work was supported by a joint PhD grant from the University of Stirling and the Moredun Research Institute. We acknowledge the following individuals for providing the fish and frog isolates used in this study: Hugh W Ferguson, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, W. Indies; Carlos Iregui, Laboratorio de Patología, Facultad de Medicina y de Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia; C188-9 concentration Terutoyo Yoshida, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan; Temdoung Somsiri, Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute, Kasetsart University Campus, Jatujak, Bangkok, Thailand; Janenuj Wongtavatchai, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Francois Lieffrig
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