title: Molecular epidemiological study of Bacillus anthracis isolated in Mongolia by multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for 8 loci (MLVA-8).
abstract: The incidence of anthrax, which is caused by Bacillus anthracis, in the human and animal population of Mongolia has increased recently, and control of this infection is a nationwide concern. In this study, 29 isolates obtained from animals and various regions in Mongolia from 2001 to 2007 were analyzed by performing multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for 8 loci (MLVA-8) to understand the genetic relationship between the Mongolian B. anthracis isolates. We found that all the Mongolian isolates can be classified into A3 cluster along with the Japanese and the Chinese B. anthracis isolates. Our data revealed that MLVA-8 is useful for studying the molecular epidemiology of the Mongolian B. anthracis isolates and would help characterize B. anthracis infections in Mongolia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okutani
authors.forename: Hurelsukh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tungalag
authors.forename: Bazartseren
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boldbaatar
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Damdindorj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tserennorov
authors.forename: Ishtsog
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Otgonchimeg
authors.forename: Adiya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erdenebat
authors.forename: Dashdavaa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Otgonbaatar
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000881:Anthrax / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D056426:Genetic Loci; D058751:Livestock / Q000382:microbiology*; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D008986:Mongolia / Q000453:epidemiology; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing / Q000379:methods; D012988:Soil Microbiology