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Genetic diversity of Yersinia pestis in Brazil.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 25 Sept 2012
Oliveira M B M, Barros M P S, Silveira-Filho V M, Araújo-Nepomuceno M R, Balbino V Q, Leal N C, Almeida A M P, Leal-Balbino T C
Abstract excerpt
Plague outbreaks are occasionally reported in Brazil. Unfortunately, due to great genetic similarity, molecular subtyping of Yersinia pestis strains is difficult. Analysis of multiple-locus variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR), also known as MLVA, has been found to be a valuable tool to discriminate among strains. To check for genetic differences, strains obtained from two different ecological complexes...
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