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MLVA genotyping of human Brucella isolates from Peru.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Apr 2009
Smits Henk L, Espinosa Benjamin, Castillo Rosa, Hall Eric, Guillen Alfredo, Zevaleta Milagros, Gilman Robert H, Melendez Paolo, Guerra Carlos, Draeger Angelika, Broglia Alessandro, Nöckler Karsten
Abstract excerpt
Recent human Brucella melitensis isolates from Peru were genotyped by multiple locus variable number repeat analysis. All 24 isolates originated from hospitalized patients living in the central part of Peru and consisted of six genomic groups comprising two to four isolates and nine unique genotypes. The isolates were most closely related to the two previously genotyped isolates from Mexico, with a maximum...
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