Multilocus sequence typing and evolutionary relationships among the causative agents of melioidosis and glanders, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2068-2079

  Godoy, Daniel ^a   Randle, Gaynor ^b   Simpson, Andrew J ^c   Aanensen, David M ^a   Pitt, Tyrone L ^d   Kinoshita, Reimi ^e   Spratt, Brian G ^a,f  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLANDERS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038628890     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2068-2079.2003     Document Type: Article

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