Study on the genotyping and microevolution of Yersinia pestis in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau / 中华流行病学杂志
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
; (12): 412-415, 2006.
Article
in Zh
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the distribution of genomovars and microevolution of Yersinia pestis in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Primer pairs targeting the twenty-two different regions(DFRs) were designed for detecting the presence or deletion of each DFR in 297 strains isolated from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>9 genomovars, i. e. Genomovar 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, new type and Ype-ancestor were identified in the Marmota himalayana plague focus of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Among these genomovars, genomovar 5,8 and 10 were dominant types. The total rate of the three genomovars was 80.6% (204/253) and the genomovars in different regions were different. All of 44 strains of Y. pestis in the Microtus fuscus plague focus of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau belonged to genomovar 14.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The distribution of genomovars of Y. pestis in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau had remarkable characteristics geographically. Based on the distribution of genomovars of Y. pestis, the routes of transmission and microevolution of Y. pestis were proposed.</p>
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Database:
WPRIM
Main subject:
Plague
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Yersinia pestis
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China
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Biological Evolution
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Genetics
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Geography
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
Year:
2006
Document type:
Article