Streptococcus suis avian expansion suggests shared antibiotic use drives host jumps
While chickens may not be a source of zoonotic S. suis infections, shared antibiotic usage in pigs and poultry may have promoted host jumps of multidrug-resistant S. suis, leading to onward transmission to wild bird populations. Our results suggest that antibiotic use in livestock production may promote transmission of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria to other hosts, thereby expanding the ecological range of bacterial pathogens.
Authors
- Gemma G. R. Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9531-1711)
- Muriel Dresen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2239-4683)
- Peter Valentin‐Weigand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5411-6875)
- Marcus Fulde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0469-3951)
- Lucy A. Weinert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9279-6012)
Institutions
- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation (DE)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02477-4
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00