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Real-time PCR assays of single-nucleotide polymorphisms defining the major Brucella clades.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2008
Foster Jeffrey T, Okinaka Richard T, Svensson Rita, Shaw Kathryn, De Barun K, Robison Richard A, Probert William S, Kenefic Leo J, Brown William D, Keim Paul
Abstract excerpt
Members of the genus Brucella are known worldwide as pathogens of wildlife and livestock and are the most common organisms of zoonotic infection in humans. In general, brucellae exhibit a range of host specificity in animals that has led to the identification of at least seven Brucella species. The genomes of the various Brucella species are highly conserved, which makes the differentiation of species highly...
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