Molecular epidemiology of Brucella abortus in Northern Ireland-1991 to 2012

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Allen, Adrian ^a   Breadon, Eleanor ^a   Byrne, Andrew ^a   Mallon, Thomas ^a   Skuce, Robin ^a,b   Groussaud, Pauline ^c   Dainty, Amanda ^c   Graham, Judith ^d   Jones, Kerri ^a   Pollock, Lorraine ^a   Whatmore, Adrian ^c  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d Veterinary Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CLONAL SPECIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HERD; INFECTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTI LOCUS VARIABLE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VETERINARY PATHOLOGY; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTHERN IRELAND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NORTHERN IRELAND; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84943328592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136721     Document Type: Article

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