Genotyping and phylogenetic placement of Bacillus anthracis isolates from Finland, a country with rare anthrax cases

Genotyping and phylogenetic placement of Bacillus anthracis isolates from Finland, a country with rare anthrax cases

Abstract Background Anthrax, the zoonotic disease caused by the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is nowadays rare in northern parts of Europe including Finland and Scandinavia. Only two minor outbreaks of anthrax in 1988 and in 2004 and one sporadic infection in 2008 have been detected in...

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Main Authors: Taru Lienemann, Wolfgang Beyer, Kirsti Pelkola, Heidi Rossow, Alexandra Rehn, Markus Antwerpen, Gregor Grass
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Bacillus anthracis
Finland
Whole genome sequencing (WGS)
Comparative genomics
Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)
Multiple locus variable number of tandem repeat analysis (VNTR, MLVA)
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1250-4

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