Prevalence of Met-203 type spaA variant in Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolates and the efficacy of swine erysipelas vaccines in Japan

• Published in: Biologicals Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 109 - 113
• Main Authors: Uchiyama, Mariko, Yamamoto, Kinya, Ochiai, Mariko, Yamamoto, Tsukasa, Hirano, Fumiya, Imamura, Saiki, Nagai, Hidetaka, Ohishi, Kouji, Horiuchi, Noriyuki, Kijima, Mayumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2014
• Subjects: alanine; Animals; antigens; Bacterial Vaccines - immunology; death; erysipelas; Erysipelas - pathology; Erysipelas - prevention & control; Erysipelothrix - genetics; Erysipelothrix - immunology; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; genes; isoleucine; Japan; lethal dose 50; methionine; Methionine - genetics; Mice; serotypes; spaA; Swine; swine erysipelas; Vaccine; vaccines; Japan; spaA; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Vaccine

Since 2009, erysipelas infection among pigs in Japan has been increasing. This study investigated the prevalence, and characteristics of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolates in Japan from 2008 to 2010 and assessed the efficacy of current commercial erysipelas vaccines. Based on polymorphisms in a 4...