Application of variable number of tandem repeats typing to describe familial outbreaks of brucellosis in Argentina

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 648-652

  Lucero, Nidia E ^a   Tenenbaum, Marina ^b   Jacob, Nestor R ^c   Escobar, Gabriela I ^a   Groussaud, Pauline ^d   Whatmore, Adrian M ^d  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b Pediatric Hospital Dr Ricardo Gutierrez   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHEESE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HIP PAIN; HOME; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEROLOGY; SWEATING; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY HEALTH; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952964040     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.017525-0     Document Type: Article

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