Urban wild boars (Sus scrofa) from Barcelona, Spain, harbor great diversity of Streptococcus suis strains, including strains with the cps2 gene and with the same molecular profile as local human cases. The increasing trend of potential effective contacts for S. suis transmission is of public health concern.
Keywords: Spain; Streptococcus suis; Sus scrofa; bacteria; bacterial meningitis; disease transmission; meningitis/encephalitis; native invader; public health; streptococci; urban wildlife; wild boars; wildlife conflict; zoonoses.