Molecular diversity of Bacillus anthracis in Italy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3398-3401

  Fasanella, Antonio ^a   Van Ert, Matthew ^d   Altamura, Settimia A ^a   Garofolo, Giuliano ^a   Buonavoglia, Canio ^b   Leori, Guido ^c   Huynh, Lynn ^d   Zanecki, Shaylan ^d   Keim, Paul ^d  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 22144448222     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3398-3401.2005     Document Type: Article

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