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Paauw, A. (author), Scholz, H.C. (author), Mars-Groenendijk, R.H. (author), Dekker, L.J.M. (author), Luider, T.M. (author), Leeuwen, H.C. (author)Meliodosis and glanders are both potential biological threat agents. Glanders is endemic in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia but occasionally found in other countries. Meliodosis is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, while glanders is caused by Burkholderia mallei. The diagnosis of these diseases is difficult because the clinical picture...article 2023
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Fillo, S. (author), Giordani, F. (author), Anniballi, F. (author), Gorgé, O. (author), Ramisse, V. (author), Vergnaud, G. (author), Riehm, J.M. (author), Scholz, H.C. (author), Splettstoesser, W.D. (author), Kieboom, J. (author), Olsen, J.-S. (author), Fenicia, L. (author), Lista, F. (author)Clostridium botulinum is a taxonomic designation that encompasses a broad variety of spore-forming, Gram-positive bacteria producing the botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). C. botulinum is the etiologic agent of botulism, a rare but severe neuroparalytic disease. Fine-resolution genetic characterization of C. botulinum isolates of any BoNT type is...article 2011
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Tomaso, H. (author), Jacobs, D. (author), Eickhoff, M. (author), Scholz, H.C. (author), al Dahouk, S. (author), Kattar, M.M. (author), Reischl, U. (author), Plicka, H. (author), Strand Olsen, J. (author), Nikkari, S. (author), Matero, P. (author), Beuret, C. (author), Ciammaruconi, A. (author), Lista, F. (author), Gala, J.-L. (author), Broll, H. (author), Appel, B. (author), Sellek Cano, R.E. (author), Ybarra de Villavicencio, M.D.C. (author), Broekhuijsen, M.P. (author), Indra, A. (author), Petersen, R. (author), Neubauer, H. (author)Background: Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis) is a zoonotic bacterium mainly circulating among rodents and their fleas. Transmission to humans can cause bubonic, pneumonic or septicemic plague with a high case-fatality rate. Therefore, rapid and reliable diagnostic tools are crucial. The objective of this study was to assess the inter-laboratory...article 2008