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INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
Volume 99, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105250
Keywords
Burkholderia mallei; Genotyping; Horses; PCR-HRM; WGS
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- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
- European Commission
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This study analyzed different Burkholderia mallei isolates from glanderous horses in Brazil and identified different clusters of strains, suggesting multiple introductions of glanders in the country, potentially linked to strains from Europe.
Glanders is an infectious zoonosis caused by Burkholderia (B.) mallei that mainly affects equids. The objective of this work was to provide additional knowledge on the diversity of the strains circulating in Brazil. Six Burkholderia mallei isolates obtained during necropsies of glanderous horses between 2014 and 2017 in two different states (Pernambuco and Alagoas) were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction-high-resolution melting (PCRHRM). While four strains (9902 RSC, BM_campo 1, BM_campo 3 and UFAL2) clustered in the L3B2 branch, which already includes the Brazilian 16-2438_BM#8 strain, two strains (BM_campo 2.1 and BM_campo 2.2) clustered within the L3B3sB3 branch, which mostly includes older isolates, from Europe and the Middle East. Whole genome sequencing of two of these strains (UFAL2 and BM_campo 2.1), belonging to different branches, confirmed the HRM typing results and refined the links between the strains, including the description of the L3B3Sb3Gp1SbGp1 genotype, never reported so far for contemporary strains. These results suggest different glanders introduction events in Brazil, including a potential link with strains of European origin, related to colonization or trade.
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