Diversity among French Bacillus anthracis isolates.
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.
Fouet
Agnès
A
Toxines et Pathogénie Bactériennes (CNRS URA 2172), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Smith
Kimothy L
KL
Keys
Chris
C
Vaissaire
Josée
J
Le Doujet
Claudine
C
Lévy
Martine
M
Mock
Michèle
M
Keim
Paul
P
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*