Molecular typing for epidemiological evaluation of Brucella abortus and Brucella canis isolated in Korea

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-149

  Kang, Sung Il ^a   Her, Moon ^a   Heo, Eun Jeong ^a   Nam, Hyang Mi ^a   Jung, Suk Chan ^a   Cho, Donghee ^a  

^a Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brucella; Diversity index; Genotyping; Molecular epidemiology; VNTR

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERD; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KOREA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; KOREA; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY;

BOS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR CANIS;

EID: 67650140657     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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