"HOOF-Print" genotyping and haplotype inference discriminates among Brucella spp. isolates from a small spatial scale

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-107

  Almendra, Cláudia ^a,b   Silva, Teresa Luísa ^a   Beja Pereira, Albano ^a   Ferreira, Ana Cristina ^c   Ferrão Beck, Lénia ^c   Sá, Maria Inácia Corrêa de ^c   Bricker, Betsy J ^d   Luikart, Gordon ^a,e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^d NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biovar discrimination; Brucella spp.; Gametic disequilibrium; Genotyping analysis; HOOF print assay; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

EID: 57549097069     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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