Modern Approaches for Detection of Glanders and Melioidosis. Identification and Typing of <i>Burkholderia mallei</i> and <i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i>

Abstract

Analysed are the methodological approaches used for identification and typing of B. mallei and B. pseudomallei. Suggested are recommendations for improvements of algorithms of laboratory diagnosis of glanders and melioidosis including wide range of biochemical, immunodiagnostic and molecular genetic methods.

Keywords

• glanders
• melioidosis
• genetic typing
• diagnostic
• polymerase chain reaction