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Multiple Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) Analysis (MLVA) of Brucella spp. Identifies Species-Specific Markers and Insights into Phylogenetic Relationships

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Department of Energy, Chemical and Biological Non-Proliferation program (Analysis for Bacterial Strain Identification Sponsor Award DE-FG03-00NN2010), the Department of Homeland Security—HSARPA, and the Northern Arizona University Raymond and Ruth Cowden Endowment for Microbiology. We thank Gery Allan (Northern Arizona University) for discussion on various methods for phylogenetic analysis.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA

    Lynn Y. Huynh & Matthew N. Van Ert

  2. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington,DC, USA

    Ted Hadfield, Michael Dobson & Robert J. Burgess

  3. California State Department of Health Services, Microbial Diseases Laboratory, CA, USA

    William S. Probert

  4. Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, LA, USA

    Bryan H. Bellaire

  5. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Robbin S. Weyant & Tanja Popovic

  6. Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA

    Shaylan Zanecki, David M. Wagner & Paul Keim

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Huynh, L.Y. et al. (2008). Multiple Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) Analysis (MLVA) of Brucella spp. Identifies Species-Specific Markers and Insights into Phylogenetic Relationships. In: Georgiev, V.S., Western, K.A., McGowan, J.J. (eds) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH. Infectious Disease. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-569-5_6

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