Spatial variation of Yersinia pestis from Yunnan Province of China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 714-717

  Zhang, Zhikai ^a,b   Hai, Rong ^b   Song, Zhizhong ^c   Xia, Lianxu ^b   Liang, Yun ^c   Cai, Hong ^b   Liang, Ying ^b   Shen, Xiaona ^b   Zhang, Enmin ^b   Xu, Jianguo ^b   Yu, Dongzheng ^b   Yu, Xue Jie ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Yunnan Institute of Endemic Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

CHINA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLAGUE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 70349741144     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0174     Document Type: Article

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