Recent emergence of new variants of Yersinia pestis in Madagascar

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2826-2833

  Guiyoule, Annie ^a   Rasoamanana, Bruno ^b   Buchrieser, Carmen ^a   Michel, Philippe ^b   Chanteau, Suzanne ^b   Carniel, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; RNA GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0030856705     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2826-2833.1997     Document Type: Article

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