MLVA16 typing of Portuguese human and animal Brucella melitensis and Brucella abortus isolates.

To investigate the epidemiological relationship of isolates from different Portuguese geographical regions and to assess the diversity among isolates, the MLVA16(Orsay) assay (panels 1, 2A and 2B) was performed with a collection of 126 Brucella melitensis (46 human and 80 animal isolates) and 157 B....

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Main Authors: Ana Cristina Ferreira, Lélia Chambel, Tania Tenreiro, Regina Cardoso, Lídia Flor, Isabel Travassos Dias, Teresa Pacheco, Bruno Garin-Bastuji, Philippe Le Flèche, Gilles Vergnaud, Rogério Tenreiro, Maria Inácia Corrêa de Sá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22905141/?tool=EBI