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Genotyping of Brucella melitensis by rpoB gene analysis and re-evaluation of conventional serotyping method.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2009
Sayan Murat, Yumuk Zeki, Bilenoglu Onur, Erdenlig Sevil, Willke Ayse
Abstract excerpt
In Turkey, where brucellosis is endemic, a comparison of conventional and molecular genotyping methods has not been published to date. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis of rpoB gene in the genotyping of Brucella melitensis strains by sequencing. In light of the molecular genotyping method available now in Turkey, the adequacy of serological typing alone...
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