Evaluation of the discriminatory power of variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) typing of Mycobacterium bovis strains

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 217-222

  Hilty, Markus ^a   Diguimbaye, Colette ^b   Schelling, Esther ^a   Baggi, Franca ^c   Tanner, Marcel ^a   Zinsstag, Jakob ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Laboratoire de Recherches Veterinaires et Zootechniques de Farcha   (Chad)

^c National Center for Mycobacteria   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium bovis; Spoligotyping; VNTR typing

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHAD; DNA, BACTERIAL; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 23044470632     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.05.017     Document Type: Article

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