Diversification and Distribution of Ruminant Chlamydia abortus Clones Assessed by MLST and MLVA

Chlamydia abortus, an obligate intracellular bacterium, is the most common infectious cause of abortion in small ruminants worldwide and has zoonotic potential. We applied multilocus sequence typing (MLST) together with multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) to genotype 94 rum...

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Main Authors: Siarkou, Victoria I., Vorimore, Fabien, Vicari, Nadia, Magnino, Simone, Rodolakis, Annie, Pannekoek, Yvonne, Sachse, Konrad, Longbottom, David, Laroucau, Karine
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4441495/