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Molecular Epidemiology of Glanders, Pakistan |
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| Authors: | Heidie Hornstra Talima Pearson Shalamar Georgia Andrew Liguori Julia Dale Erin Price Matthew O’Neill David DeShazer Ghulam Muhammad Muhammad Saqib Abeera Naureen Paul Keim |
| Abstract: | We collected epidemiologic and molecular data from Burkholderia mallei isolates from equines in Punjab, Pakistan from 1999 through 2007. We show that recent outbreaks are genetically distinct from available whole genome sequences and that these genotypes are persistent and ubiquitous in Punjab, probably due to human-mediated movement of equines. |
| Keywords: | Burkholderia mallei glanders equidae VNTR MLVA bacteria molecular epidemiology Pakistan |