Characterization and genotyping of strains of francisella tularensis isolated in Bulgaria

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-85

  Marinov, Krustyu T ^a   Georgieva, Elena D ^a   Ivanov, Ivan N ^b   Kantardjiev, Todor V ^b  

^a MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

^b NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

MLVA; Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis; variable number tandem repeat; VNTR

Indexed keywords

ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BULGARIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TULAREMIA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BULGARIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; TULAREMIA;

EID: 58149518696     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.003426-0     Document Type: Article

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