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MLVA distribution characteristics of Yersinia pestis in China and the correlation analysis.
BMC microbiology - 23 Sept 2009
Zhang Xiaoai, Hai Rong, Wei Jianchun, Cui Zhigang, Zhang Enmin, Song Zhizhong, Yu Dongzheng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Yersinia pestis, the aetiological agent of plague, has been well defined genotypically on local and worldwide scales. In November 2005, five cases of severe pneumonia of unknown causes, resulting in two deaths, were reported in Yulong, Yunnan province. In this study, we compared Y. pestis isolated from the Yulong focus to strains from other areas. RESULTS: Two hundred and thirteen Y. pestis strains...
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