Deletion in the gene BruAb2_0168 of Brucella abortus strains: Diagnostic challenges

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages O550-O553

  Dean, A S ^a,b   Schelling, E ^a,b   Bonfoh, B ^c   Kulo, A E ^d   Boukaya, G A ^e   Pilo, P ^f  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^e Direction de l'Elevage Ministère de l'Agriculture   (Togo)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brucella; Cattle; Diagnostics; Genotyping; Togo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; COW; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; HYGROMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TOGO; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TOGO;

EID: 84908043924     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12554     Document Type: Article

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