Genotyping of Burkholderia mallei from an Outbreak of Glanders in Bahrain Suggests Multiple Introduction Events

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Scholz, Holger C ^a   Pearson, Talima ^b   Hornstra, Heidie ^b   Projahn, Michaela ^a   Terzioglu, Rahime ^a   Wernery, Renate ^c   Georgi, Enrico ^a   Riehm, Julia M ^a   Wagner, David M ^b   Keim, Paul S ^b   Joseph, Marina ^c   Johnson, Bobby ^c   Kinne, Joerg ^c   Jose, Shanti ^c   Hepp, Crystal M ^b   Witte, Angela ^d   Wernery, Ulrich ^c  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; CAMEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GLANDERS; HORSE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BAHRAIN; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; CAMELS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; GLANDERS; HORSES;

EID: 84907584857     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003195     Document Type: Article

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