Identification of Melioidosis Outbreak by Multilocus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis

Endemic melioidosis is caused by genetically diverse Burkholderia pseudomallei strains. However, clonal outbreaks (multiple cases caused by 1 strain) have occurred, such as from contaminated potable water. B. pseudomallei is designated a group B bioterrorism agent, which necessitates rapidly recogni...

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Autores principales: Currie, Bart J., Haslem, Asha, Pearson, Talima, Hornstra, Heidie, Leadem, Benjamin, Mayo, Mark, Gal, Daniel, Ward, Linda, Godoy, Daniel, Spratt, Brian G., Keim, Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19193259
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.081036

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19193259
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.081036

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