Molecular typing of Mycoplasma agalactiae: Tracing European-wide genetic diversity and an endemic clonal population

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 487-496

  Nouvel, Laurent Xavier ^a,b   Marenda, Marc Serge ^a,b   Glew, Michelle Diane ^a,b,c   Sagné, Eveline ^a,b   Giammarinaro, Philippe ^a,b,d   Tardy, Florence ^e   Poumarat, François ^e   Rosengarten, Renate ^c   Citti, Christine ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b IHAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d Chambre d'agriculture   (France)

^e FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Molecular epidemiology; Mycoplasma agalactiae; VNTR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA PROBE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; EXOTIC SPECIES; FRANCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC PLASTICITY; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE ERADICATION; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FRANCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84864119928     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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