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Diversification and Distribution of Ruminant Chlamydia abortus Clones Assessed by MLST and MLVA.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Siarkou Victoria I, Vorimore Fabien, Vicari Nadia, Magnino Simone, Rodolakis Annie, Pannekoek Yvonne, Sachse Konrad, Longbottom David, Laroucau Karine
Abstract excerpt
Chlamydia abortus, an obligate intracellular bacterium, is the most common infectious cause of abortion in small ruminants worldwide and has zoonotic potential. We applied multilocus sequence typing (MLST) together with multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) to genotype 94 ruminant C. abortus strains, field isolates and samples collected from 1950 to 2011 in diverse geographic locations,...
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