Molecular epidemiology of glanders, Pakistan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Dec;15(12):2036-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1512.090738.

Abstract

We collected epidemiologic and molecular data from Burkholderia mallei isolates from equines in Punjab, Pakistan from 1999 through 2007. We show that recent outbreaks are genetically distinct from available whole genome sequences and that these genotypes are persistent and ubiquitous in Punjab, probably due to human-mediated movement of equines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Burkholderia mallei / classification
  • Burkholderia mallei / genetics*
  • Glanders / epidemiology*
  • Glanders / transmission
  • Horses
  • Humans
  • Minisatellite Repeats
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Pakistan / epidemiology
  • Phylogeny