Molecular epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of livestock Brucella melitensis isolates from Naryn Oblast, Kyrgyzstan.

• Main Authors: Joldoshbek Kasymbekov (Author), Joldoshbek Imanseitov (Author), Marie Ballif (Author), Nadia Schürch (Author), Sandra Paniga (Author), Paola Pilo (Author), Mauro Tonolla (Author), Cinzia Benagli (Author), Kulyash Akylbekova (Author), Zarima Jumakanova (Author), Esther Schelling (Author), Jakob Zinsstag (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The incidence of human brucellosis in Kyrgyzstan has been increasing in the last years and was identified as a priority disease needing most urgent control measures in the livestock population. The latest species identification of Brucella isolates in Kyrgyzstan was carried out in the 1960s and inve...