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Table 1 Description of H. parasuis reference strains a

From: Comparison of Haemophilus parasuis reference strains and field isolates by using random amplified polymorphic DNA and protein profiles

#

Serovar

Strain

Country

Isolation Site

Diagnosis

Virulenceb

A

1

No. 4

Japan

Nose

Healthy

H

B

2

SW140

Japan

Nose

Healthy

L+

C

3

SW114

Japan

Nose

Healthy

A

D

4

SW124

Japan

Nose

Healthy

L+

E

5

Nagasaki

Japan

Meninges

Meningitis,

H

     

septicemia

 

F

6

131

Switzerland

Nose

Healthy

A

G

7

174

Switzerland

Nose

Healthy

A

H

8

C5

Sweden

Unknown

Unknown

L-

I

9

D74

Sweden

Unknown

Unknown

A

J

10

H367c

Germany

Unknown

Unknown

H

K

11

H465

Germany

Trachea

Pneumonia

A

L

12

H425

Germany

Lung

Polyserositis

H

M

13

84-17975

United States

Lung

Unknown

H

N

14

84-22113

United States

Joint

Septicemia

H

O

15

84-15995

United States

Lung

Pneumonia

L+

  1. aoriginally published by Kielstein and Rapp-Gabrielson (1992) and adapted by Zehr and Tabatabai (2011).
  2. bH, Highly virulent, death of pig within 96 h post-inoculation; L+, Polyserositis and arthritis at necropsy; L-, Mild clinical symptoms; A, Avirulent, no clinical symptoms at necropsy as described by Kielstein and Rapp-Gabrielson (1992).
  3. cH367 (serovar 10) is a field strain with the same characteristics as the original H555. Reference strain H555 was lost during culture passage prior to our acquisition of the reference strains above.