Identification of novel potential virulence-associated factors in Haemophilus parasuis

• Published in: Veterinary microbiology Vol. 136; no. 3; pp. 382 - 386
• Main Authors: Sack, Meike, Baltes, Nina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 12.05.2009; Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; bacterial infections; bacterial toxins; Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; cell invasion; disease severity; DNA, Bacterial - chemistry; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genes; Haemophilus Infections - microbiology; Haemophilus Infections - veterinary; Haemophilus parasuis; Haemophilus parasuis - classification; Haemophilus parasuis - genetics; Haemophilus parasuis - pathogenicity; Hemolysin; hemolysins; hemolysis; infection; Iron transport; microbial genetics; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; molecular genetics; nonpathogenic strains; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; operon; pathogenesis; pathotypes; polyserositis; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary; serotypes; strain differences; Swine; swine diseases; Swine Diseases - microbiology; Toxin; Transcription, Genetic; Virulence; Virulence Factors - genetics; Toxin; Iron transport; Hemolysin; Virulence; Haemophilus parasuis; Pasteurellaceae; Haemophilus; Microbiology; Bacteria; Iron; Identification; Veterinary; Medicine

Haemophilus ( H.) parasuis is best known as the cause of Glässer's disease, a potentially fatal polyserositis in pigs. The mechanisms underlying virulence differences on the molecular level are largely unknown to date. We have compared the serotype 5 (causes polyserositis) and 11 (described as...