Molecular epidemiology of glanders, Pakistan.
We collected epidemiologic and molecular data from Burkholderia mallei isolates from equines in Punjab, Pakistan from 1999 through 2007. We show that recent outbreaks are genetically distinct from available whole genome sequences and that these genotypes are persistent and ubiquitous in Punjab, probably due to human-mediated movement of equines.
Hornstra
Heidie
H
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-4073, USA.
Pearson
Talima
T
Georgia
Shalamar
S
Liguori
Andrew
A
Dale
Julia
J
Price
Erin
E
O'Neill
Matthew
M
Deshazer
David
D
Muhammad
Ghulam
G
Saqib
Muhammad
M
Naureen
Abeera
A
Keim
Paul
P
D000818:Animals; D042726:Burkholderia mallei / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D005896:Glanders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny