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Genotyping and phylogenetic analysis of Yersinia pestis by MLVA: insights into the worldwide expansion of Central Asia plague foci.
PloS one - 22 Jun 2009
Li Yanjun, Cui Yujun, Hauck Yolande, Platonov Mikhail E, Dai Erhei, Song Yajun, Guo Zhaobiao, Pourcel Christine, Dentovskaya Svetlana V, Anisimov Andrey P, Yang Ruifu, Vergnaud Gilles
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The species Yersinia pestis is commonly divided into three classical biovars, Antiqua, Medievalis, and Orientalis, belonging to subspecies pestis pathogenic for human and the (atypical) non-human pathogenic biovar Microtus (alias Pestoides) including several non-pestis subspecies. Recent progress in molecular typing methods enables large-scale investigations in the population structure of this...
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