Fig. 5

Effect of S. suis serotype 31 (SS31 (43640)), reference strain 92-4172 (SS31 (92-4172)), and S. suis serotype 2 (P1/7) (SS2 (P1/7)) on A549 cell invasion after (A) 2 h or (B) 4 h. Cell invasion rate (%) is expressed as the mean ± SD. *p < 0.05 or ** p < 0.01 or *** (p < 0.001) indicates a significant difference between cell adhesion rate of A549 cells infected with SS31 strain 43640 compared to that of cells infected with the reference strain 92-4172 and SS2 (P1/7) strain.