Two-step source tracing strategy of yersinia pestis and its historical epidemiology in a specific region

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yan, Yanfeng ^a,c   Wang, Hu ^b   Li, Dongfang ^c   Yang, Xianwei ^a   Wang, Zuyun ^b   Qi, Zhizhen ^b   Zhang, Qingwen ^b   Cui, Baizhong ^b   Guo, Zhaobiao ^a   Yu, Chang ^c   Wang, Jun ^c   Wang, Jian ^c   Liu, Guangming ^d   Song, Yajun ^a   Li, Yingrui ^c   Cui, Yujun ^a,c   Yang, Ruifu ^a,c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b Plague Prevention and Control Department Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control   (China)

^c BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLAGUE; TWO STEP SOURCE TRACING STRATEGY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PLAGUE; SCIURIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIPHONAPTERA; TIBET; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84897411734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085374     Document Type: Article

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