VNTR analysis of selected outbreaks of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Australia

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 416-423

  Pearson, Talima ^a   U'Ren, Jana M ^a   Schupp, James M ^a   Allan, Gerard J ^a   Foster, Peter G ^b   Mayo, Mark J ^c   Gal, Daniel ^c   Choy, Jodie Low ^c   Daugherty, Rebecca Leadem ^a   Kachur, Sergey ^a   Friedman, Christine L Clark ^a   Leadem, Benjamin ^a   Georgia, Shalamar ^a   Hornstra, Heidie ^a   Vogler, Amy J ^a   Wagner, David M ^a   Keim, Paul ^a   Currie, Bart J ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bayesian analysis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; MLVA; Phylogenetic analysis; VNTR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BAYES THEOREM; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DNA ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOATS; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 34249748953     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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