Pulmonary infection due to the dassie bacillus (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex sp.) in a free-living dassie (rock hyrax-Procavia capensis) from South Africa

Tuberculosis

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-83

  Parsons, Sven ^a   Smith, Sarah G D ^b   Martins, Quinton ^c   Horsnell, William G C ^d   Gous, Tertius A ^e   Streicher, Elizabeth M ^a   Warren, Robin M ^a   van Helden, Paul D ^a   Gey van Pittius, Nicolaas C ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine   (South Africa)

^e PathCare Veterinary Laboratory   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dassie; Dassie bacillus; Hyrax; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPLEEN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 37249051934     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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