[Genotyping and its epidemiological significance on Yunnan Yersinia pestis under Fse I enzyme digestion method].

OBJECTIVE

To create the fingerprint library of Yunnan Yersinia pestis by pulse field gel electrophoresis(PFGE)with Fse I enzyme digestion method and to study its epidemiological significance.

METHODS

We used rare cutting restriction enzyme Fse? to digest Yunnan Yersinia pestis strains that were isolated from foci including Rattus flavipectus Plague Focus,Apodemus chevrieri-Eothenomys miletus Plague Focus and Yulong Plague Focus. Fingerprints to Bionumerics software were used for cluster analysis.

RESULTS

30 tested strains were divided into 16 genotypes with the similarity value as 79.8%-100.0% . 16 genotypes wee formed into 4 clusters, with one consisted of only EV76 while the other three belonged to Rattus flavipectus,Apodemus chevrieri- Eothenomys miletus and Yulong clusters, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS

PFGE genotypes of Yunnan Yersinia pestis accorded with its ecotypes and biovars, with clustered regional features. The strains isolated from Yulong showed an unique PFGE type, indicating a new clone group was identified.