Proposed virulence-associated genes of Streptococcus suis isolates from the United States serve as predictors of pathogenicity

Table 4 LASSO results for the four candidate VAGs in the pathotypes of S. suis isolates (n = 208)

VAG(s)	No. containing the VAG(s)	Pathogenic (n = 139)		Possibly Opportunistic (n = 47)		Commensal (n = 22)
VAG(s)	No. containing the VAG(s)	No.	Proportion^a	No.	Proportion^a	No.	Proportion^a
ofs	176	135	0.767	34	0.193	7	0.040
srtF	168	132	0.786	31	0.185	5	0.030
neuB	90	77	0.856	13	0.144	0	0.000
srtF-sfp2	90	77	0.856	12	0.133	1	0.011
ofs and srtF	168	132	0.786	31	0.185	5	0.030

^a positive isolates in the pathotype divided by the number of isolates containing the VAG(s)

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