Multi-locus sequence analysis reveals profound genetic diversity among isolates of the human pathogen bartonella bacilliformis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Chaloner, Gemma L ^a   Ventosilla, Palmira ^b   Birtles, Richard J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARTONELLOSIS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PERU; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79960952296     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001248     Document Type: Article

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