BMC Microbiology, 2012 Background Streptococcus pneumoniae infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The diversity of pneumococci was first evidenced by serotyping of their capsular polysaccharides, responsible of virulence, resolving into more than
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Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis of mycoplasma pneumoniae clinical specimens and proposal for amendment of MLVA nomenclature. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of the major respiratory bacterial pathogens that cause pneumonia in humans. Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) is currently the most discriminative method for typing M. pneumoniae strains. To better
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Genetic affinities within a large global collection of pathogenic Leptospira: implications for strain identification and molecular epidemiology [PDF]
, 2010 Leptospirosis is an important zoonosis with widespread human health implications. The non-availability of accurate identification methods for the individualization of different Leptospira for outbreak investigations poses bountiful problems in the ...
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A simple approach to obtain comparable Shigella sonnei MLVA results across laboratories
International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2013 Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) is a promising subtyping tool to complement pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for discriminating closely related strains of some monomorphic organisms, including Shigella sonnei, which is one of the major foodborne pathogens.
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Rapid Multiple-Locus Variant-Repeat Assay (MLVA) for Genotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2010 ABSTRACT Several methods have been used for typing of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci [GBS]). Methods currently in use may provide inadequate resolution (e.g., typing of capsular polysaccharides and surface protein) or are labor-intensive and expensive (e.g., multilocus sequence typing [MLST]
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Cholera rages in Africa and the Middle East: A narrative review on challenges and solutions
Health Science Reports, Volume 7, Issue 5, May 2024.Abstract Background and Aim Cholera is a life‐threatening infectious disease that is still one of the most common acute watery diarrheal diseases in the world today. Acute diarrhea and severe dehydration brought on by cholera can cause hypovolemic shock, which can be fatal in minutes.
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Genotypic and PFGE/MLVA analyses of Vibrio cholerae O1: geographical spread and temporal changes during the 2007-2010 cholera outbreaks in Thailand. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor dominated the seventh cholera pandemic which occurred in the 1960s. For two decades, variants of V. cholerae O1 El Tor that produce classical cholera toxin have emerged and spread globally, replacing the prototypic ...
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A new minisatellite-based scheme for the global surveillance of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri, the causal agent of Asiatic Citrus Canker. : S12O12 [PDF]
, 2012 Xanthomonas citri pv. citri (Xcc), the causal agent of Asiatic Citrus Canker, is an internationally major bacterial pathogen currently not reported from countries in the Mediterranean basin, including the EU. Some pathological diversity among strains was
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PCR and sequencing based methods for detection and typing of pathogenic microorganisms [PDF]
, 2011 The potential use of bacteria and viruses as biological terror weapons makes certain highly pathogenic microorganisms a worldwide public health threat.
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Tandem Repeat Analysis for Surveillance of Human Salmonella Typhimurium Infections
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 In Denmark, as part of the national laboratory-based surveillance system of human enteric infections, all Salmonella Typhimurium isolates are currently subtyped by using phage typing, antimicrobial resistance profiles, and pulsed-field gel ...
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