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Cross-border molecular tracing of brucellosis in Europe.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2012
Gwida Mayada, Neubauer Heinrich, Ilhan Ziya, Schmoock Gernot, Melzer Falk, Nöckler Karsten, Janczyk Pawel, Tomaso Herbert, Rösler Uwe, Al Dahouk Sascha
Abstract excerpt
To assess the general impact of endemic countries on the re-emergence of brucellosis in non-endemic regions of the European Union, the genetic fingerprints of Brucella melitensis strains imported to Germany were compared to ovine strains from Turkey in a molecular epidemiological study. Genotyping of 66 Brucella strains (based on Multiple Locus of Variable number of tandem repeats Analysis) isolated from German...
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