Molecular analysis of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium bovis recovered from humans in Italy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4218-4221

  Lari, Nicoletta ^a   Rindi, Laura ^a   Bonanni, Daniela ^a   Tortoli, Enrico ^b   Garzelli, Carlo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale Biotecnologie Mediche Infettivologia ed Epidemiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOLIGOTYPING; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG;

EID: 33750938867     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01216-06     Document Type: Article

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