Figure 2.
Distribution of virulence-associated factor genes and other genes carried by 273 S. suis isolates. Density plots of relative frequencies of known/putative VAF genes (red) against all other genes (gray) carried by each isolate. A relative frequency > 1 denotes a higher prevalence of gene within isolate group; (A) isolates recovered from systemic sites of pigs with confirmed infections (SC), (B) isolates recovered from non-systemic sites of pigs with confirmed infections (NSC), (C) isolates recovered from probable infections (NSP), (D) isolates recovered from non-systemic sites of healthy pigs (NSH).