title: Link between geographical origin and occurrence of Brucella abortus biovars in cow and water buffalo herds.
abstract: Sixty-three Brucella isolates from water buffaloes and cattle slaughtered within the Italian national plan for brucellosis control were characterized by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA). Genotyping indicated a strong influence of geographic origin on the Brucella abortus biovar distribution in areas where brucellosis is endemic and highlighted the importance of rigorous management procedures aimed at avoiding inter- and intraherd spreading of pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Italy. giorgia.borriello@izsmportici.it
authors.forename: Giorgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borriello
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peletto
authors.forename: Maria G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lucibelli
authors.forename: Pier L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Acutis
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ercolini
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galiero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000382:microbiology*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D058974:Phylogeography