Identification and characterization of variable-number tandem-repeat markers for typing of Brucella spp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1982-1993

  Whatmore, Adrian M ^a   Shankster, Stephen J ^a   Perrett, Lorraine L ^a   Murphy, Terry J ^a   Brew, Simon D ^a   Thirlwall, Rachel E ^a   Cutler, Sally J ^a   MacMillan, Alastair P ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPSONS DIVERSITY INDEX; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; DOGS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA;

EID: 33745150762     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02039-05     Document Type: Article

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