| mlva as an epidemiological tool to trace back brucella melitensis biovar 1 re-emergence in italy. | brucellosis is an important zoonosis caused by brucella spp., still prevalent in most areas of the world. brucellosis control in animals is the key to protect humans. the knowledge of brucella spp. prevailing genotypes in a territory represents an important epidemiological tool to formulate policies and strategies for disease control and to trace back the introduction of new strains previously considered as exotic. in the last years, multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (mlva) h ... | 2015 | 26194658 |