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Tracking the distribution, genetic diversity and lineage of Brucella melitensis recovered from humans and animals in Egypt based on core-genome SNP analysis and in silico MLVA-16.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Nov 2022
Holzer Katharina, Wareth Gamal, El-Diasty Mohamed, Abdel-Hamid Nour H, Hamdy Mahmoud E R, Moustafa Shawky A, Linde Jörg, Bartusch Felix, Abdel-Glil Mostafa Y, Sayour Ashraf E, Elbauomy Essam M, Elhadidy Mohamed, Melzer Falk, Beyer Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
Brucellosis is one of the most common neglected zoonotic diseases globally, with a public health significance and a high economic loss in the livestock industry caused by the bacteria of the genus Brucella. In this study, 136 Egyptian Brucella melitensis strains isolated from animals and humans between 2001 and 2020 were analysed by examining the whole-core-genome single-nucleotide polymorphism (cgSNP) in...
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