Group B Streptococcus Sequence Type 103 as Human and Bovine Pathogen, Brazil.
Group B Streptococcus Sequence Type 103 as Human and Bovine Pathogen, Brazil.
01 Aug 2024
Group B Streptococcus sequence type 103 is known primarily as a bovine mastitis pathogen. In Brazil, it has circulated in cattle and humans since the 1990s. It lacks scpB and, in humans, was found only among carriage isolates. Bovine-human interspecies transmission may have contributed to its evolution and spread.