Standardization and evaluation of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) technique for molecular typing of Yersinia pestis strains isolated in the northeast of Brazil
Abstract:Yersinia pestis is the causing agent of plague, an infectious disease transmitted by infected fleas' bites. The men contaminate accidentally when get in contact with rodents or other infected animals (dogs, camels, cats and rabbits) and its fleas. Y. pestis is a very homogeneous species, phenotypically, presenting one serotype, one phage type, and three biovars. Different molecular methods had been used in bacterial epidemiology studies for discrimination strains. However, for Y. pestis isolated in focis of no… Show more
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