Characterisation of Yersinia pestis isolates from natural foci of plague in the Republic of Georgia, and their relationship to Y. pestis isolates from other countries

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 429-436

  Revazishvili, T ^a   Rajanna, C ^a   Bakanidze, L ^b   Tsertsvadze, N ^b   Imnadze, P ^b   O'Connell, K ^c,d   Kreger, A ^d   Stine, O C ^d   Morris Jr , J G ^a   Sulakvelidze, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Georgian Ministry of Labour Health and Social Affairs   (Georgia)

^c US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal relatedness; Georgia; Multilocus sequence typing; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Typing; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; PROTEIN LCRV; PROTEIN MANB; PROTEIN PLA; PROTEIN PSAA; PROTEIN THRA; PROTEIN TMK; RECA PROTEIN; RNA 16S; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; USSR; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 41949127784     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.01953.x     Document Type: Article

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