Recent developments on Actinobillus pleuropneumoniae
American Association of Swine Veterinarians

Authors: Gottschalk, M., Broes, A., Fittipaldi, N.

Source: ANNUAL MEETING- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SWINE VETERINARIANS. :387-394

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A Naturally Occurring Single Amino Acid Replacement in Multiple Gene Regulator of Group A Streptococcus Significantly Increases Virulence

Authors: Sanson, M., O'Neill, B. E., Kachroo, P., Anderson, J. R., Flores, A. R., Valson, C., Cantu, C. C., Makthal, N., Karmonik, C., Fittipaldi, N.

Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 185(2):462-471

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Clinical Laboratory Response to a Mock Outbreak of Invasive Bacterial Infections: a Preparedness Study

Authors: Olsen, R.J., Fittipaldi, N., Kachroo, P., Sanson, M.A., Long, S.W., Como-Sabetti, K.J., Valson, C., Cantu, C., Lynfield, R., Van Beneden, C.

Source: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 52(12):4210-4216

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Asymptomatic Carriage of Group A Streptococcus Is Associated with Elimination of Capsule Production

Authors: Flores, A.R., Jewell, B.E., Olsen, R.J., Shelburne, S.A., Fittipaldi, N., Beres, S.B., Musser, J.M.

Source: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 82(9):3958-3967

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Deriving Group A Streptococcus Typing Information from Short-Read Whole-Genome Sequencing Data

Authors: Athey, T.B.T., Teatero, S., Li, A., Marchand-Austin, A., Beall, B.W., Fittipaldi, N.

Source: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 52(6):1871-1876

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Characterization of Invasive Group B Streptococcus Strains from the Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Authors: Teatero, S., McGeer, A., Low, D.E., Li, A., Demczuk, W., Martin, I., Fittipaldi, N.

Source: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 52(5):1441-1447

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Development of two real-time polymerase chain reaction assays to detect Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovars 1-9-11 and serovar 2

Authors: Marois-Crehan, C., Lacouture, S., Jacques, M., Fittipaldi, N., Kobisch, M., Gottschalk, M.

Source: JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION. 26(1):146-149

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The protective protein Sao (surface antigen one) is not a critical virulence factor for Streptococcus suis serotype 2

Authors: Roy, D., Fittipaldi, N., Dumesnil, A., Lacouture, S., Gottschalk, M.

Source: MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS. 67-68:31-35

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Characterization of Streptococcus suis isolates recovered between 2008 and 2011 from diseased pigs in Quebec, Canada

Authors: Gottschalk, M., Lacouture, S., Bonifait, L., Roy, D., Fittipaldi, N., Grenier, D.

Source: VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY. 162(2-4):819-825

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Polymorphisms in Regulator of Protease B (RopB) Alter Disease Phenotype and Strain Virulence of Serotype M3 Group A Streptococcus

Authors: Olsen, R. J., Laucirica, D. R., Watkins, M. E., Feske, M. L., Garcia-Bustillos, J. R., Vu, C., Cantu, C., Shelburne, S. A., Fittipaldi, N., Kumaraswami, M.

Source: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 205(11):1719-1729

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Role of capsular polysaccharide in Group B Streptococccus interactions with dendritic cells

Authors: Lemire, P., Houde, M., Lecours, M. P., Fittipaldi, N., Segura, M.

Source: MICROBES AND INFECTION. 14(12):1064-1076

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Sialylation of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is essential for capsule expression but is not responsible for the main capsular epitope

Authors: Lecours, M. P., Fittipaldi, N., Takamatsu, D., Okura, M., Segura, M., Goyette-Desjardins, G., Van Calsteren, M. R., Gottschalk, M.

Source: MICROBES AND INFECTION. 14(11):941-950

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Full-Genome Dissection of an Epidemic of Severe Invasive Disease Caused by a Hypervirulent, Recently Emerged Clone of Group A Streptococcus

Authors: Fittipaldi, N., Beres, S. B., Olsen, R. J., Kapur, V., Shea, P. R., Watkins, M. E., Cantu, C. C., Laucirica, D. R., Jenkins, L., Flores, A. R.

Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 180(4):1522-1534

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Virulence factors involved in the pathogenesis of the infection caused by the swine pathogen and zoonotic agent Streptococcus suis

Authors: Fittipaldi, N., Segura, M., Grenier, D., Gottschalk, M.

Source: FUTURE MICROBIOLOGY. 7(2):259-279

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Lineage and Virulence of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Isolates from North America

Authors: Fittipaldi, N.

Source: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 17(12):2239-2244

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Critical Role for Streptococcus suis Cell Wall Modifications and Suilysin in Resistance to Complement-Dependent Killing by Dendritic Cells

Authors: Lecours, M.-P., Gottschalk, M., Houde, M., Lemire, P., Fittipaldi, N., Segura, M.

Source: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 204(6):919-929

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Distinct signatures of diversifying selection revealed by genome analysis of respiratory tract and invasive bacterial populations

Authors: Shea, P.R., Beres, S.B., Flores, A.R., Ewbank, A.L., Gonzalez-Lugo, J.H., Martagon-Rosado, A.J., Martinez-Gutierrez, J.C., Rehman, H.A., Serrano-Gonzalez, M., Fittipaldi, N.

Source: PROCEEDINGS- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES USA. 108(12):5039-5044

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The Minor Pilin Subunit Sgp2 Is Necessary for Assembly of the Pilus Encoded by the srtG Cluster of Streptococcus suis

Authors: Okura, M., Osaki, M., Fittipaldi, N., Gottschalk, M., Sekizaki, T., Takamatsu, D.

Source: JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY. 193(4):822-831

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Structure determination of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 capsular polysaccharide

Authors: Van Calsteren, M.-R., Gagnon, F., Lacouture, S., Fittipaldi, N., Gottschalk, M.

Source: BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY. 88(3):513-525

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The cation-uptake regulators AdcR and Fur are necessary for full virulence of Streptococcus suis

Authors: Aranda, J., Garrido, M. E., Fittipaldi, N., Cortes, P., Llagostera, M., Gottschalk, M., Barbe, J.

Source: VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY. 144(1-2):246-249

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