title: Invasive disease and toxic shock due to zoonotic Streptococcus suis: an emerging infection in the East?
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. s.sriskandan@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: Shiranee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sriskandan
authors.forename: Josh D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Slater
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D017011:Streptococcus suis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D018089:Superantigens; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000635:transmission; D014774:Virulence; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D018089:Superantigens