Sequence-based detection and typing procedures for Burkholderia mallei: Assessment and prospects.

ABSTRACT: Although glanders has been eradicated in most of the developed world, the disease still persists in various countries such as Brazil, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Iran, Bahrain, UAE and Turkey. It is one of the notifiable diseases listed by the World Organization for Animal Health. Occurrence of glanders imposes restriction on equestrian events and restricts equine movement, thus causing economic losses to equine industry. The genetic diversity and global distribution of the causing agent, Burkholderia (B.) mallei, have not been assessed in detail and are complicated by the high clonality of this organism. Among the identification and typing methods, PCR-based methods for distinguishing B. mallei from its close relative B. pseudomallei as well as g

SUBMITTER: Brangsch H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9703372 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature