Genotyping of Burkholderia mallei from an outbreak of glanders in Bahrain suggests multiple introduction events.

Genotyping of Burkholderia mallei from an outbreak of glanders in Bahrain suggests multiple introduction events.

<h4>Background</h4>Glanders, caused by the gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia mallei, is a highly infectious zoonotic disease of solipeds causing severe disease in animals and men. Although eradicated from many Western countries, it recently emerged in Asia, the Middle-East, Africa, an...

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Main Authors: Holger C Scholz, Talima Pearson, Heidie Hornstra, Michaela Projahn, Rahime Terzioglu, Renate Wernery, Enrico Georgi, Julia M Riehm, David M Wagner, Paul S Keim, Marina Joseph, Bobby Johnson, Joerg Kinne, Shanti Jose, Crystal M Hepp, Angela Witte, Ulrich Wernery
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c32a123fa9d9490a8b1960e366836ffc
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