Usefulness of spoligotyping in molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis-related infections in South America

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 296-303

  Zumárraga, Martín J ^a   Martin, Carlos ^b   Samper, Sofia ^b   Alito, Alicia ^a   Latini, Omar ^c   Bigi, Fabiana ^a   Roxo, Eliana ^d   Cicuta, María Elena ^e   Errico, Francisco ^f   Ramos, Miguel Castro ^f   Cataldi, Angel ^a   Van Soolingen, Dick ^g   Romano, María Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Dr Emilio Coni   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

^e Inst de Ictiologia del Nordeste   (Argentina)

^f Lab de TB de la Dirección   (Uruguay)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AMERICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0345059207     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.296-303.1999     Document Type: Article

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