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. 2022 Mar;69(2):136-142.
doi: 10.1111/zph.12895. Epub 2021 Sep 28.

Human zoonotic infectious disease caused by Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus

Misun Kim  1 , Sang Taek Heo  1 , Hyunjoo Oh  1 , Miyeon Kim  1 , Jaemin Jo  1 , Young Ree Kim  2 , Keun Hwa Lee  3 , Jeong Rae Yoo  1
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Human zoonotic infectious disease caused by Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus

Misun Kim et al. Zoonoses Public Health. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus (SEZ) is a highly contagious infectious organism that causes disease in horses. SEZ is seldom isolated from humans; however, zoonotic infections are occasionally reported in individuals exposed to horses and other livestock. Herein, we report three human cases of SEZ in individuals, one with direct horse contact and two among individuals who had eaten raw horse meat. The phylogenetic tree showed that the genotypes of SEZ isolates from two of the cases on Jeju Island, South Korea, were similar to those of isolates from the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Keywords: Streptococcus equi; Streptococcus zooepidemicus; South Korea; horse; human.

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