Marine mammal Brucella genotype associated with zoonotic infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 517-518

  Whatmore, Adrian M ^a   Dawson, Claire E ^a   Groussaud, Pauline ^a   Koylass, Mark S ^a   King, Amanda C ^a   Shankster, Stephen J ^a   Sohn, Annette H ^b   Probert, Will S ^c   McDonald, Wendy L ^d  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MARINE MAMMAL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 41349083573     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.070829     Document Type: Letter

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