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Brucella melitensis, a latent "travel bacterium," continual spread and expansion from Northern to Southern China and its relationship to worldwide lineages.
Emerging microbes & infections - 1 Dec 2020
Zhu Xiong, Zhao Zhongzhi, Ma Shuyi, Guo Zhiwei, Wang Miao, Li Zhenjun, Liu Zhiguo
Abstract excerpt
Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis is considered to be one of the most important zoonotic diseases in China. In this study, Conventional bio-typing, MLVA (multiple locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis), and WGS (whole-genome sequencing)-SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) were used to study the genetic similarity of B. melitensis in northern and southern China and analyze its relationship with...
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