Molecular epidemiology of glanders, Pakistan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2036-2039

  Hornstra, Heidie ^a   Pearson, Talima ^a   Georgia, Shalamar ^a   Liguori, Andrew ^a   Dale, Julia ^a   Price, Erin ^a,b   O'Neill, Matthew ^a   DeShazer, David ^c   Muhammad, Ghulam ^d   Saqib, Muhammad ^d,e   Naureen, Abeera ^f   Keim, Paul ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^e OMN

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GLANDERS; HORSE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; GLANDERS; HORSES; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 73949153144     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.090738     Document Type: Article

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