Evaluation of a multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis scheme for typing human Brucella isolates in a region of brucellosis endemicity

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3935-3940

  Kattar, Mireille M ^a,b   Jaafar, Rola F ^a   Araj, George F ^a,b   Le Flèche, Philippe ^c,d   Matar, Ghassan M ^a   Rached, Roland Abi ^a,b   Khalife, Simon ^a,b   Vergnaud, Gilles ^c,e  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

^e DGA/MRIS Mission pour la Recherche et l'Innovation Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MINISATELLITE REPEATS;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

EID: 57349195589     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00464-08     Document Type: Article

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