Low cost, low tech SNP genotyping tools for resource-limited areas: Plague in Madagascar as a model.

• Main Authors: Cedar L Mitchell (Author), Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana (Author), Rebecca E Colman (Author), Joseph Busch (Author), Heidie Hornstra-O'Neill (Author), Paul S Keim (Author), David M Wagner (Author), Minoarisoa Rajerison (Author), Dawn N Birdsell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Genetic analysis of pathogenic organisms is a useful tool for linking human cases together and/or to potential environmental sources. The resulting data can also provide information on evolutionary patterns within a targeted species and phenotypic traits. However, the instruments often used to gener...