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DNA genotyping suggests that recent brucellosis outbreaks in the Greater Yellowstone Area originated from elk.
Journal of wildlife diseases - 1 Oct 2009
Beja-Pereira Albano, Bricker Betsy, Chen Shanyuan, Almendra Claudia, White P J, Luikart Gordon
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Identifying the source of infectious disease outbreaks is difficult, especially for pathogens that infect multiple wildlife species. Brucella spp. are among the most problematic zoonotic agents worldwide, and they are notoriously difficult to detect and identify. We genotyped 10 variable number o...
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