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Identification and characterization of variable-number tandem-repeat markers for typing of Brucella spp.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2006
Whatmore Adrian M, Shankster Stephen J, Perrett Lorraine L, Murphy Terry J, Brew Simon D, Thirlwall Rachel E, Cutler Sally J, MacMillan Alastair P
Abstract excerpt
Members of the genus Brucella infect many domesticated and wild animals and cause serious zoonotic infection in humans. The availability of discriminatory molecular typing tools to inform and assist conventional epidemiological approaches would be invaluable in controlling these infections, but efforts have been hampered by the genetic homogeneity of the genus. We report here on a molecular subtyping system based...
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