Multiplex PCR Assay for the Identification and Differentiation of all Brucella Species and the Vaccine Strains Brucella abortus S19 and RB51 and Brucella melitensis Rev1

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The genus Brucella consists of 6 recognized bacterial species (1) and 2 proposed new species recently isolated from marine mammals (2). Some species have several biovars or biotypes, distinguishable by time-consuming analysis of phenotypic characteristics (3). Such analyses are subject to variable interpretations and must be performed by skilled technicians who are at high risk because most clinical Brucella...

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