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High throughput MLVA-16 typing for Brucella based on the microfluidics technology.
BMC microbiology - 24 Mar 2011
De Santis Riccardo, Ciammaruconi Andrea, Faggioni Giovanni, Fillo Silvia, Gentile Bernardina, Di Giannatale Elisabetta, Ancora Massimo, Lista Florigio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Brucellosis, a zoonosis caused by the genus Brucella, has been eradicated in Northern Europe, Australia, the USA and Canada, but remains endemic in most areas of the world. The strain and biovar typing of Brucella field samples isolated in outbreaks is useful for tracing back source of infection and may be crucial for discriminating naturally occurring outbreaks versus bioterrorist events, being...
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