Short report: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis as a discriminatory typing technique for the biothreat agent Burkholderia mallei

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-347

  Chantratita, Narisara ^a   Vesaratchavest, Mongkol ^a   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^a   Tiyawisutsri, Rachaneeporn ^a   Ulziitogtokh, Tsedev ^b   Akcay, Erhan ^c   Day, Nicholas P J ^a   Peacock, Sharon J ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b State Owned Biological Enterprise   (Mongolia)

^c Central Veterinary Control and Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOTERRORISM; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GLANDERS; HORSES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

EID: 33645982284     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.345     Document Type: Article

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