Nonrandom distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei clones in relation to geographical location and virulence

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2553-2557

  Vesaratchavest, Mongkol ^a   Tumapa, Sarinna ^a   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^a   Chierakul, Wirongrong ^a   Holden, Matthew T G ^c   White, Nicholas J ^a,b   Currie, Bart J ^d   Spratt, Brian G ^e   Feil, Edward J ^f   Peacock, Sharon J ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MELIOIDOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; THAILAND; VIRULENCE;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 33746216126     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00629-06     Document Type: Article

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