Identification of Melioidosis Outbreak by Multilocus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis

Endemic melioidosis is caused by genetically diverse Burkholderia pseudomallei strains. However, clonal outbreaks (multiple cases caused by 1 strain) have occurred, such as from contaminated potable water. B. pseudomallei is designated a group B bioterrorism agent, which necessitates rapidly recogni...

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Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Bart J. Currie, Asha Haslem, Talima Pearson, Heidie Hornstra, Benjamin Leadem, Mark Mayo, Daniel Gal, Linda Ward, Daniel Godoy, Brian G. Spratt, Paul Keim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-02-01
Subjects:	Burkholderia pseudomallei melioidosis outbreak VNTR MLVA MLST
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/2/08-1036_article