Volume 23, Number 6—June 2017
Dispatch
Brucella neotomae Infection in Humans, Costa Rica
Figure 1
![Dendrogram based on multiple locus variable number of tandem repeats–16-loci panel analysis of Brucella spp. (http://mlva.u-psud.fr/brucella/) and clinical isolates from human cerebrospinal fluid samples from 2 patients with brucellosis. The isolates bneohCR1 and bneohCR2 (red branches) showed a pattern consistent with previously reported profiles for Brucella neotomae (blue shading). Black, gray, and tic marks are used to differentiate between adjacent species. Arrows separate small neighboring](/eid/images/16-2018-F1.jpg)
Figure 1. Dendrogram based on multiple locus variable number of tandem repeats–16-loci panel analysis of Brucella spp. (http://mlva.u-psud.fr/brucella/) and clinical isolates from human cerebrospinal fluid samples from 2 patients with brucellosis. The isolates bneohCR1 and bneohCR2 (red branches) showed a pattern consistent with previously reported profiles for Brucella neotomae (blue shading). Black, gray, and tic marks are used to differentiate between adjacent species. Arrows separate small neighboring clusters and indicate the B. neotomae cluster.
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