Rapid differentiation of bovine and human tubercle bacilli based on a characteristic mutation in the bovine pyrazinamidase gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 106-110

  Scorpio, Angelo ^a   Collins, Desmond ^b   Whipple, Diana ^c   Cave, Donald ^d   Bates, Joseph ^e   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; HUMAN TUBERCLE BACILLUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031060005     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.106-110.1997     Document Type: Article

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