Brucella suis identification and biovar typing by real-time PCR

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 376-385

  Fretin, David ^a   Whatmore, Adrian M ^b   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^c   Neubauer, Heinrich ^c   Garin Bastuji, Bruno ^d   Albert, David ^d   Van Hessche, Mieke ^a   Ménart, Marie ^a   Godfroid, Jacques ^a   Walravens, Karl ^a   Wattiau, Pierre ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Biovar typing; Brucella suis; Real time PCR; Single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP typing

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSAFETY; BIOTYPE; BRUCELLA SUIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BRUCELLA SUIS; GENETIC MARKERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 50049096133     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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