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. 2013 Feb;19(2):331-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1902.120470.

Streptococcus suis and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, Vietnam

Ngo Thi Hoa, Tran Thi Bich Chieu, Sam Do Dung, Ngo Thanh Long, Thai Quoc Hieu, Nguyen Tien Luc, Pham Thanh Nhuong, Vu Thi Lan Huong, Dao Tuyet Trinh, Heiman F L Wertheim, Nguyen Van Kinh, James I Campbell, Jeremy Farrar, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Stephen Baker, Juliet E Bryant

Streptococcus suis and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, Vietnam

Ngo Thi Hoa et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Feb.
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Monthly distribution of human Streptococcus suis infections in 2 referral hospitals, Vietnam, 2007–2010. Humans infected with S. suis during 2007–2009 are presented as mean total cases per month. Dark gray and black bars represent the number of S. suis case-patients at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City during 2007–2009 and 2010, respectively. Light gray and white bars represent human S. suis cases at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi during 2007–2009 and 2010, respectively.
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