Comparison of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis with other PCR-based methods for typing Brucella suis isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4070-4072

  García Yoldi, David ^a   Le Fleche, Philippe ^b,c,d   De Miguel, María J ^e   Muñoz, Pilar M ^e   Blasco, José M ^e   Cvetnic, Zeljko ^f   Marín, Clara M ^e   Vergnaud, Gilles ^b,c,d   López Goñi, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

^e Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^f CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN OMP2A; PROTEIN OMP2B; PROTEIN OMP31; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS;

EID: 37249028177     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01096-07     Document Type: Article

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