Molecular epidemiology of Brucella genotypes in patients at a major hospital in central Peru

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3147-3155

  Nöckler, Karsten ^a   Maves, Ryan ^b   Cepeda, David ^b   Draeger, Angelika ^a   Mayer Scholl, Anne ^a   Chacaltana, Jesus ^c   Castañeda, María ^c   Espinosa, Benjamin ^b   Castillo, Rosa ^b   Hall, Eric ^b   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^d   Gilman, Robert H ^e   Cabeza, Franco ^f   Smits, Henk L ^g  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b Peru   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL DANIEL ALCIDES CARRIÓN   (Peru)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^g ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GOAT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GOATS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PERU; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; URBAN POPULATION;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 70349647708     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00900-09     Document Type: Article

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