Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in eight species at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, 1991-2001

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-370

  Michel, Anita L ^a   Venter, Leon ^b   Espie, Ian W ^b   Coetzee, Morné L ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b National Zoological Gardens   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthropozoonosis; IS6110 RFLP typing; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PCR; Tuberculosis; Zoo

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 1642353488     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/02-063     Document Type: Article

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