title: Diversity among French Bacillus anthracis isolates.
abstract: While outbreaks of animal anthrax zoonoses still regularly occur in France, little is known about the epidemiology links between them. We have used the eight-locus multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis typing technique against a collection of 50 Bacillus anthracis isolates from France. There were eight distinct genotypes belonging to two dissimilar genetic clusters. Regional strain patterns were observed, with the B2 genotypes prevalent in southern France and the A1a genotypes found only in northern France.
authors.affiliation: Toxines et Pathogénie Bactériennes (CNRS URA 2172), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fouet
authors.forename: Kimothy L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keys
authors.forename: Josée
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vaissaire
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Doujet
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lévy
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mock
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000881:Anthrax / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002417:Cattle; D004285:Dogs; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology*