Genotyping of Burkholderia mallei from an outbreak of glanders in Bahrain suggests multiple introduction events.

• Main Authors: Holger C Scholz (Author), Talima Pearson (Author), Heidie Hornstra (Author), Michaela Projahn (Author), Rahime Terzioglu (Author), Renate Wernery (Author), Enrico Georgi (Author), Julia M Riehm (Author), David M Wagner (Author), Paul S Keim (Author), Marina Joseph (Author), Bobby Johnson (Author), Joerg Kinne (Author), Shanti Jose (Author), Crystal M Hepp (Author), Angela Witte (Author), Ulrich Wernery (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Glanders, caused by the gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia mallei, is a highly infectious zoonotic disease of solipeds causing severe disease in animals and men. Although eradicated from many Western countries, it recently emerged in Asia, the Middle-East, Africa, an...